Adapted from The New York Times, this approach to scallops is bright, rich and full of summer fun. Serve with Basmati Rice, it’s nutty, buttery flavour pairs beautifully with this dish.

We have cooked with wine before but never with gin! This very soft and buttery sauce is drizzled around the crispy chicken rather than on top of it. Meyer lemons are sweeter; if that can be said about a lemon.

Flourless Chocolate Cake is very rich. This decadently rich cake will easily serve 12 or even 24 small slices! Fresh fruit and whipped cream or ice cream is the only garnish needed.

Lemon Curd is a rich, creamy and slightly tart /English dessert, topping or spread. This well used recipe comes from B & K’s Great Great Grandmother, Evelyn. Use Lemon Curd in small tarts and top with whipped cream as she did, use it for a…

The number of potatoes you use for your Big Batch will be determined by their size and weight. Critical if following our Carb count is the total weight of raw potatoes and keeping track of the weight of the flesh and skins once baked. Easy…

The addition of more milk makes this Polenta creamier than our “normal” Polenta recipe. No matter what you do when Polenta cools it solidifies; but still tastes great. You can warm it, add a little more milk and it is creamy again or slice and…

Stuffed Potatoes can literally be “stuffed” with anything. The potato and skin become not only part of the meal but a delivery system. The sky’s the limit to what you can put into the stuffed potato, but here is our classic potato filled with cream…

Some of the best recipes are the oldest and easiest! This Baking Powder Biscuit recipe is from “Joy of Cooking”; a book we’ve all used over and over. First published in 1936, these are the Baking Powder Biscuits we all grew up with. You most…

Definitely a summer meal.  Manila Clams are plump, sweet and can be eaten baked, grilled, steamed or sauteed.  At least once a summer we grill them directly on the barbeque and while that’s cooking, make a buttery lemon sauce, so dinner can literally be done in minutes!  But…

Prawns seem to scream barbeque and Asparagus; one of the first spring vegetables.  Prawns are generally thought to be larger than shrimp but the two names for this shellfish are used interchangeably worldwide.  Fire up the grill, Prawns and Asparagus are perfect as a side to a…