Elegant Smoked Salmon and Avocado Roll Appetizer

Ralph created this elevated salmon-and-avocado roll for one of the appetizers we served this past New Year’s Eve during a gastronomic feast with friends, but it’s delicious any day of the year.

Flame-grilled Salmon with a Nordic Rub

This flame-grilled salmon recipe features a Nordic rub—moist, flavourful, and layered with earthy, smoky notes. Easy to make on a BBQ or charcoal grill, it’s perfect for sharing with friends.

Flambéed shrimp with homemade fettuccine in lemon sauce

Fresh pasta is well worth the effort, and the process is not that difficult—especially if you have a KitchenAid pasta attachment or similar equipment. Making it all by hand is equally soulful, if not more so. This dish uses a David Rocco recipe, a Canadian chef with Italian roots who has fed and entertained us…

Trout ceviche with grapefruit

This recipe is an inspiration from our recent visit to the beautiful town of Marone on Lago d’Iseo in Italy—a small valley village on the edge of a shimmering lake. It’s one of those places where you arrive and are mesmerized. At first, you can’t believe you’re so fortunate to be staying there, and then…