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If you enjoy the taste of pumpkin you’re in luck, because today I’m offering a sweet way and a hot and foamy way to enjoy it. The sweet way is a recipe for pumpkin squares that tastes similar to pumpkin pie.

If you’re downsizing Thanksgiving this year and not roasting a large turkey, what else could you serve if you still want to enjoy a whole bird? Well, if taste, juiciness and aroma all matter to you, a stuffed roasting chicken would be a tasty option.

Two foods that work marvelously together are broccoli and aged cheddar cheese. The flavour of mildly mustardy, earthy tasting broccoli is always brought to a finer place when combined in some way with that rich and tangy cheese.

If you like pancakes, but want or need to make them gluten-free, brown rice flour is a good alternative to all-purpose flour. Today’s recipe yields light and tender pancakes that contain all the nutrition brown rice brings to the table.

When my wife and I visit my sister-in-law Cindy in Thunder Bay, she often makes Jamaican-style patties. She was inspired by a trip to Jamaica years ago and the fact that she and everyone else in the family, including us, love eating them.

COVID-19 has caused planners to cancel, reschedule or rethink how they’ll hold events around the world. I got firsthand knowledge of how one group in Europe took the latter approach.

Putting fruit in savoury dishes adds a balancing touch of sweetness, appealing colour and, of course, the fine flavour of the fruit you use. All those things proved true when cooking today’s roast chicken with plums recipe.

I have two colourful late summer recipes for you to try. One you can serve as an appetizer or light lunch, the other a classic Italian-style dessert with a twist.

If I were a waiter in a restaurant I would describe today’s recipes as a sunny and bright tasting Mexican/Caribbean-style dinner for two. The kind of meal nice to enjoy on a patio while sipping a cocktail, perhaps a margarita, mojito or rum punch.

Decadent dessert a sweet way to serve in-season stone fruit