Chicken Francese or Chicken French is actually mostly an Italian American dish, ever popular in restaurants. Bright sautéed lemon slices and a creamy sauce make it worthy of a special meal.

It’s not quite winter, but apples abound, and dried sweetened cranberries are reminiscent of fall and Thanksgiving. Cranberries are very tart if not sweetened. We love Patience Fruit & Co Organic Dried Cranberries, sweetened with apple juice.

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.

Pumpkin Soup has two countries that lay claim to the original concept. Haiti and France. WE love this simple soup when heading indoors and thoughts of heartier food slowly cooked is appealing after the long hot summer days of summer.

Sushi Rice is a Japanese short grain rice that cooks up starchy, soft and sticky. Sushi Rice after cooked is flavoured with unseasoned rice vinegar, sugar and salt; so, that the flavour is different from other types of rice.

Prime Rib Roast was originally known as Standing Rib Roast. It has an abundance of marbling and is ideal for dry roast cooking. Tender and juicy, not to mention pricey, you don’t want to mess it up!

When you aren’t quite ready to give up the fall bounty, but it’s time to warm the house with the oven. Reminiscent of street food, served with pitas or a side of turmeric coloured rice, this chicken dish comes together quickly with bold flavours and…

Thinly sliced beef tenderloin is quickly marinated in a salty-sweet marinade sauce, grilled and then rolled with rice, herbs and vegetables in a crisp romaine lettuce leaf. Ssam means “wrap” in Korean. This is so delicious, it is company worthy, even though it is street…

This salad was adapted from The New York Times article about Chef Mark Icon and his pizza restaurant, Lucali. Reminiscent of the leftover salad enjoyed with family on Sunday. Iceberg lettuce is sprinkled with marinated tomatoes, celery, red onions and canned olives. A pizza house…

Meatballs in Thailand are very popular and incorporated into many dishes and street cart snacks. Chopsticks are only used with stand alone noodle dishes, otherwise only a spoon and fork are used in Thailand.