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Add a touch of class to your next gathering with our Pistachio Rose Popcorn.

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Add a touch of class to your next gathering with our Pistachio Rose Popcorn. Since this popcorn has such a unique flavour, it will be a delightful surprise for guests at a baby shower, girls’ movie night, or Galentine’s Day event. For extra points in the presentation department, package the popcorn in cellophane bags and tie them with some pretty ribbon.

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This chicken is a great alternative for those who aren’t big on turkey for Christmas dinner.

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This chicken is a great alternative for those who aren’t big on turkey for Christmas dinner. Roasting the chicken in a skillet makes its skin perfectly crispy and leaves the meat inside juicy and tender. For a seam-less transition to the table, serve it on the beautiful iron skillet you used to cook it and garnish it with herbs and orange pieces.

If possible, I highly recommend purchasing your chicken from a local farm. Supporting local farms and taking opportunities to visit them and teach our kids where their food comes from is such a gift. Plus, there’s a noticeable difference in the flavour! 

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Take the guesswork out of cooking steak perfectly with this reverse-seared sirloin cap steak recipe.

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Very slowly cooking a steak at low temperature until it reaches the desired internal temperature and then searing it quickly over high heat to get a crust is known as reverse- searing, and it takes a lot of the guesswork out of cooking a steak perfectly. In this recipe, I use the sirloin cap—the triangular muscle that sits on the top sirloin—called a coulotte in France and a picanha steak in Brazil. Whatever you call it, this cut has a natural fat cap, which I leave on while cooking so the rendered fat bastes the steak. If you prefer, you can remove the fat or ask your butcher to do it for you. See image on page 213.

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This soup hits all the right comforting notes, with good chicken stock, roasted chicken, and puff pastry croutons!

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This was a little crazy: I was walking through an airport once and spotted chicken pot pie soup on a restaurant menu. What a good idea! It was actually harder to make than it sounded—my first few attempts just tasted like chicken pot pie filling, not soup. This one, though, hit all the right comforting notes, with good chicken stock, roasted chicken, and puff pastry croutons.

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This dish is garlicky and tangy, with a hint of spice, crunch from the parm, and a bit of chew from the layered potatoes.

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Creamy, comforting, and stick-to-your-ribs, scalloped potatoes are simply dreamy. I don’t know why it took me this long to make a vegan version, but I’m so glad that I did! And boy, did this recipe take a million trials to get just right . . . it was so worth it, though! This dish is garlicky and tangy (think “salt and vinegar” flavor!), with a hint of spice, crunch from the parm, and a bit of chew from the layered potatoes. It’s absolutely addictive, and if you are anything like us, you’ll find that you can’t stop at one helping! For best results, it’s important that you use a mandoline to slice the potatoes thinner than ⅛ inch (2 mm is ideal). If you don’t own a mandoline and would rather not thinly slice the potatoes by hand, I’ve included a chopped potato version (see Tips). Often, acids such as vinegar or lemon juice can give cashew sauce a feta-like consistency once baked, so don’t worry if this happens to your Garlic Cashew Cheese Sauce after baking . . . the flavor is just as delicious!

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This cookie recipe combines ginger, molasses and chocolate to create gooey cookies that both adults and children will enjoy.

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This recipe is the result of a personal quest. After popping into a small coffee shop in Toronto to warm up on a frosty day, I was enticed to stay by the wondrous aroma of ginger, molasses and chocolate baking. These ingredients were combined in an oversized cookie that was warm and gooey but not  overly sweet, and its intensity paired beautifully with my coffee. This is my version, which yields a smaller cookie without sacrificing the pop of ginger and chocolate. I love these cookies—they were the first recipe I played with for this book and I haven’t grown tired of them yet.

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This is a fantastic soup to whip up when you have a cold coming on or simply to keep your immune system humming along!

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I don’t know about you, but I’m not down with bland, boring soups. Give me a rich soup with a ton of flavor! I want herbs, I want spice, I want a kick of tang and a rich broth with umami. Thanks to all the immune-boosting ingredients like fresh garlic, warming ginger, lemony thyme, fresh parsley, and tangy lemon juice, this is a fantastic soup to whip up when you have a cold coming on (but it’s also handy when you’re not sick, simply to keep your immune system humming along!). The pasta adds heartiness that will make this a well-loved dinner for fall, winter, or spring. For even more staying power, add 1½ cups cooked chickpeas or white beans, or add 2 cups of stemmed and finely chopped kale! To amp up the flavors even more, I love this soup served with a hefty sprinkle of Italian Herb Parmesan (page 301) or a swirl of one of my homemade pestos (pages 275, 276, 294, and 297). Serve it with my Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice Salad for an even heartier meal.