Slow-cooked until the meat falls from the bone—a Canadian Thanksgiving main built on reduced Ontario cider.

Butternut squash gratin recipe with brown butter, maple, and gruyère—a make-ahead Thanksgiving side.

A whole chicken cut into pieces, marinated in harissa and roasted in one pan with tomatoes, onions and fresh coriander.

Raw broccoli florets, toasted cashews, dried cranberries, and red onion in a creamy dressing — the make-ahead salad that gets better as it sits and works for every table from weeknight dinner to summer entertaining.

Ripe plums baked with Canadian maple syrup, vanilla, and a pinch of salt until caramelized and yielding.

The lazy weekend showstopper — no lattice, no fuss, no soggy bottom. Just a rough circle of pastry holding whatever stone fruit looked best at the market that morning, set over a brown butter frangipane that does most of the work for you.

A simple, unfussy layer cake with a tender crumb, softly whipped cream, and fresh spring strawberries. The kind of cake that looks better slightly imperfect—and tastes best the day it is made.

A whole butterflied chicken rubbed with garlic, paprika, thyme and rosemary, roasted over lemon until the skin is deeply golden

A whole Brie wheel baked until molten in a cast iron skillet, topped with tart cranberries, toasted walnuts, Canadian maple syrup and fresh thyme.The appetizer that takes 20 minutes and earns every compliment it gets.

Served over garlicky yogurt and finished with fresh chives. A light, unexpected spring side dish.

A golden puff pastry tart layered with herbed ricotta and fresh asparagus — ready in 30 minutes and elegant enough for any spring brunch table.

No oven, no anxiety — just a silky, chilled cheesecake that looks like it took all day and asks almost nothing of you in return.

Braised in white wine and finished with fresh herbs and Dijon — an elegant, French-inspired Mother's Day dinner that comes together in one pan.

Bright lemon, juicy blueberries, and a cream cheese frosting that ties it all together — the spring cake worth making right now, and exactly how to bake it perfectly every time.

A Slow-built broth, preserved lemon depth, and the ancient avgolemono technique, finished with a generous pour of cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil.

This feta, tomato and olive salad with homemade garlic croutons is the Mediterranean salad recipe you'll make all summer. Ripe heirloom tomatoes, Kalamata olives, sheep's milk feta, and a red wine vinaigrette. Simple, stunning, and ready in 30 minutes.

A honey glazed ham with brown sugar, Dijon mustard, and warm spices — caramelized to a lacquered amber finish.

A roasted leg of lamb rubbed with garlic, rosemary, thyme, Dijon mustard, and lemon — high-heat seared, slow-finished, and rested to perfection.

The classic deviled eggs recipe — perfectly set yolks, a creamy Dijon-mustard filling, smoked paprika finish.

Honey-glazed ham, roasted leg of lamb, deviled eggs, carrot cake, and scalloped potatoes — with the guidance to make them beautifully.