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I enjoy digging into a hot fish sandwich from time to time, and I can still remember one of the first ones I had more than 40 years ago. It鈥檚 hard not to because the place I ordered it from called it a 鈥淏ig Eric.

The cold spell made me think a hearty, nicely spiced soup would be the perfect recipe for today 鈥� something comforting and rib-sticking that one could enjoy on a snowy day, or a damp and rainy one.

If your partner and you love seafood, for Valentine鈥檚 Day dinner, why not lessen your pandemic blues and treat yourself to a fabulous seafood tower.

The French words 鈥渃ordon bleu鈥� 鈥� literally, 鈥渂lue ribbon鈥� 鈥� have several meanings. Cordon bleu can refer to a person highly skilled at cooking.

Tofu is made by cooking and grinding soybeans to yield a milky-looking liquid. Like milk when making cheese, that liquid is then coagulated, turned into curds, moulded, pressed and formed into blocks.

Today鈥檚 column was influenced by an international source. My son Tyler is currently living in Stockholm with his girlfriend, Sarah, who suggested I do a column on a cheese called halloumi that is trendy all over the world.

A little bit of lemon can lift up the flavour of a wide range of savoury dishes. Today it provides that support in an Italian-style dish called piccata.

The process of creating today鈥檚 fish recipe began in my living room, when I sat in my favourite comfy chair with a stack of cookbooks. One of them was the late Paul Prudhomme鈥檚 classic tome Chef Prudhomme鈥檚 Louisiana Kitchen.

A reader, Bill, asked if I could do a column on making chicken stock. He said that during the pandemic, more people are cooking at home and they 鈥� and he 鈥� would appreciate some ideas for making stock to enhance the flavour of homemade soups.

If you want to roast a duck for a special meal 鈥� a Christmas or New Year鈥檚 dinner, for example 鈥� but are only feeding two, there鈥檚 a tasty upside: that one duck can be used to create three tasty meals for two.