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Erik Akis: Serve everyone at the same time with baked omelette

Erik Akis: Serve everyone at the same time with baked omelette

Omelettes are popular, and proof of that can be found on menus of breakfast/brunch joints around Victoria. Many of those eateries offer several types and at busy times cooks will be making several at once to meet demand.
Eric Akis: Roasted squash gives tacos fall flair

Eric Akis: Roasted squash gives tacos fall flair

I enjoy making and eating tacos, because you can fill them in all kinds of tasty ways, my favourite being seasonal fillings.
Eric Akis: Bring on the fall comfort food, starting with ribs

Eric Akis: Bring on the fall comfort food, starting with ribs

When deciding what recipe to prepare for this week's Sunday Dinner column, I looked at the weather forecast and cheered. My joy was not caused by a prediction of more hot, dry and sunny weather — just the opposite, in fact.
Make a juicier burger by grinding your own turkey thighs at home

Make a juicier burger by grinding your own turkey thighs at home

Most turkey burgers are dry, bland, or loaded up with flavour-blunting fillers. To create juicy, well-textured turkey burgers, we ditched store-bought ground turkey in favour of a home-ground turkey thigh, which boasts more fat and flavour.
Eric Akis: Crazy rich Asian dumplings

Eric Akis: Crazy rich Asian dumplings

Hit movie inspires recipes for Chinese-style vegetarian potstickers, steamed pork and prawn siu mai
Eric Akis: Bake savoury tart the rustic way

Eric Akis: Bake savoury tart the rustic way

Tomatoes always taste wonderful in pastry and dish is made even better by three Italian styles of cheese
Eric Akis: This one’s for you, Gary Hynes

Eric Akis: This one’s for you, Gary Hynes

Late owner/publisher of Victoria's Eat magazine was a champion of Nova Scotia's hodge podge summer dish
Sunday Dinner: Enjoy our salad days while we can

Sunday Dinner: Enjoy our salad days while we can

This year’s sunny-everyday summer has provided ideal conditions to enjoy a main-course salad for dinner. It’s the perfect meal to enjoy on a deck or patio on a warm day.
Eric Akis: The benefits of quinoa waffles

Eric Akis: The benefits of quinoa waffles

Advantages include added nutrition, richer flavour and a more delicate texture
Eric Akis's Sunday Dinner: Try B.C. sockeye Japanese-style

Eric Akis's Sunday Dinner: Try B.C. sockeye Japanese-style

B.C. sockeye salmon is in season, so today I’ve chosen fresh sockeye fillets to create a flavourful Japanese-style summer meal for four.