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Eric Akis: BBQ chicken pairs well with grilled vegetables

Eric Akis: BBQ chicken pairs well with grilled vegetables

When I barbecue chicken pieces and flavour them Mediterranean-style, with such things as olive oil, lemon, spices, herbs and garlic, I’ll often serve them with grilled vegetables.
Recipe: Get grilled asparagus to sing with Romesco sauce

Recipe: Get grilled asparagus to sing with Romesco sauce

Catalonian red pepper, almond and tomato sauce perfect summer condiment for veggies
Eric Akis In Our Backyard: Raise a glass to alcohol-free cocktails

Eric Akis In Our Backyard: Raise a glass to alcohol-free cocktails

In early May, a reader, Patrick, asked if I could do a column on non-alcoholic drinks. I said yes, but would wait until warmer weather came, when a sipping a cool and flavourful drink outdoors would be a most welcomed activity.
Warm up to grilling season

Warm up to grilling season

Five new cookbooks aim to help you perfect your barbecuing technique — and find some new ones
Eric Akis: This Father's Day, give Dad a chocolate cake

Eric Akis: This Father's Day, give Dad a chocolate cake

Sunday is Father’s Day and if kids out there want to help make Papa Bear a chocolate cake to celebrate, I have a recipe for you.
Eric Akis: Fabulous flavours of the Philippines

Eric Akis: Fabulous flavours of the Philippines

Mashup of Spanish, Chinese, Indian and Southeast Asian gives Filipinos a fusion cuisine to call their own
Eric Akis: Surprise! Tea grows on 91Ô­´´ Island

Eric Akis: Surprise! Tea grows on 91Ô­´´ Island

Westholme farm near Duncan is starting to attract customers; multi-faceted business includes tearoom, ceramics and tours
Eric Akis: Get hooked on seafood boil

Eric Akis: Get hooked on seafood boil

When I think about a seafood boil, southern U.S. states with coastlines, such as Louisiana, Georgia and the Carolinas, is what first comes to mind.
In Our Backyard: Seafood will earn a wave of approval

In Our Backyard: Seafood will earn a wave of approval

Buy a good-sized, live Dungeness crab and eight spot prawn tails, and you have the beginnings of a sumptuous, two-course B.C. seafood lunch or dinner that will serve four.
Eric Akis: Satisfying a fast-food craving with fried chicken sandwiches

Eric Akis: Satisfying a fast-food craving with fried chicken sandwiches

Sometimes, I get a craving for a food I don’t eat very often and in my youth, would have headed to a drive-through window of a fast-food restaurant to get it. An example of that is a fried chicken sandwich.