Beet salad. Tuna Melt. Haloumi.

Recipe: Beet Salad.

Blog Post/Recipe: Tarragon Tuna Melt.

Recipe: Haloumi with lentil salad.

Poaching

Article/Recipe: Perfectly poached.

Poaching tips. Includes links to recipes for aromatic poached sea trout with stir-fried rice noodles; poached beef fillet with chicory and pecan nut salad; and caramel poached peaches with raspberries and thyme cream.

One of my favourite methods of cooking is poaching, and yet so many people associate it with bland and boring diet food. The fact that it results in lighter, healthier dishes is just a bonus, if you ask me.

It's also a convenient way of cooking, because you can poach the garnish along with the food and serve both without losing heat or running the risk of over-cooking ­ the ultimate all-in-one method.

Pumpkin. Fish. Vegetarian chili.

Recipe: Vegetarian chili.

Recipe: For the pumpkin eater.

Includes recipes for Rosemary Stanton's pumpkin salad with seeds; vegie lasagne; sweet potato and pumpkin donuts; conchiglie stuffed with roast pumpkin and ricotta; and Libyan pumpkin dip.

Article/Recipe: Fishing for compliments.

Includes recipes for grilled mackerel with salmoriglio; and grilled whole snapper with tomato-cucumber salad.

Grilling tips
# Though pretty much any fish can be grilled, the higher the oil content and the meatier the texture, the easier the process will be. Especially if you're new at this, stick with fish such as sardines, mackerel, swordfish, shark and tuna.

101 simple summer meals

101 simple summer meals.

23. Posh cheese on toast

Grill one side of a slice of baguette. Cut a log of goats' cheese with rind into rounds, cover the untoasted side with cheese, and grill until browned and bubbling.

Cooking Fish. Side Dishes. Corn Fritters. Frittata.

Blog Post/Recipe: Spicy Corn Fritters.

Blog Post/Recipe: Zucchini ricotta frittata.

Article/Recipe: A bit on the side.
Includes recipes for classic potato gratin, roasted cauliflower with persillade, old-fashioned spinach with nutmeg and cream, and caramelised witlof.

Article/Recipe: Fish with Jeremy Lee.

Recipes include: sea trout, parsley and sorrel sauce; hake, clams, peas and samphire; and "The Lee Way to Cook Fish."

Testing that fish is done: This is easy provided the fish is cooked while the skin is on. Push the skin gently with your fingertips: if the flakes can be felt just beginning to slip apart under the skin, the fish is done. For skinless fillets, look for opaque on the outside, but still slightly translucent in the centre.

Coconut mackerel curry

Recipe: Coconut mackerel curry recipe.

Arugula. Tortellini Soup. Morgan Freeman cooks.

Article/Recipe: Southern cooking with Morgan Freeman.

Includes a recipe for salmon with red pepper beurre blanc.

Article/Recipe: Arugula.

Includes links to eighteen recipes that use arugula.

Arugula, also known as rocket, rucola, and roquette, is a spicy, bitter, and peppery salad green with diverse culinary uses.

Recipe: Try this souper supper.

Tortellini, White Bean and Spinach Soup

1 teaspoon olive oil

2 cups chopped onion

1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper ...

French Women Don't Get Fat

Recipe: Mireille Guiliano: Recipes.

The recipes below appear in French Women Don't Get Fat and are referenced in French Women for All Seasons ... Blueberry Baby Smoothie ... Snapper with Almonds ... Cold Beet and Yogurt Summer Soup ... Salmon à l’unilatéral ... Grandma Louise’s Oatmeal with Grated Apple ... Basic Vegetable Soup ... Pork Chops with Apples ... Flourless Chocolate Cake.

Pork won ton soup. How to Cook Fish.

Recipe: Pork won ton soup.

Article: 5 easy ways to cook fish.

Article: How to cook fish.

But it seems that many people are afraid of cooking fish at home. Americans eat only about 15 pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing, and cooking fish isn't difficult; it just requires a little knowledge.

Blueberries. Rice vinegar. 101 quick meals.

Article: Blueberries - top tips.

CHOOSING BLUEBERRIES

Check the base of the blueberries carefully: even the slightest hint of pink means they’re not ripe enough and probably sour.

Article: What to do with rice vinegar.

Asian rice vinegars are made from fermented rice, often with the addition of grains such as wheat, millet and sorghum.

Rice vinegars are less acidic than Western styles.

There are four main types ...

Article/Recipe: 101 quick meals? Make it an even 111.

Includes recipes for ten quickie meals: tortilla soup, basil chicken, Greek fried egg, and so on.

And there were the posts in the “I wish I’d thought of that” category. My favorites, not easily achieved in the average American kitchen, were along the lines of this one: “Spread homemade lard (or goose fat if you have any) on slices of farmhouse bread; sprinkle with salt and paprika. Eat as is, or with scallions and/or Hungarian wax peppers.” (Try substituting the phrase “lardo di colonnata” for “lard,” and you will quickly understand how trendy this simple idea is.)

Goat's cheese tart. Oysters.

Recipe: The new vegetarian: Goat's cheese tart with gooseberry relish.

Article/Recipe: Shuck treatment.

Includes recipes for: Chinese steamed oysters with black vinegar, ginger and spring onions; jamon-wrapped oyster with pomegranate and sherry vinegar dressing; oysters with roasted chilli, crispy shallots and lime; chickpea battered oysters with preserved lemon, mint and sumac; and cauliflower and creme fraiche pannacotta with oyster fritte and crostini.

Oysters natural

Shucking oysters takes practice but the results are stunning.

* Use a firm brush to scrub the oysters.
* Place the oyster on a tea towel.
* Cover the hand holding the oyster with a tea towel and, using the tip of an oyster shucker at the narrow end of the shell where the lid begins, push down firmly and then twist to release the lid.
* Slide the oyster knife along the lid to remove without disturbing the oyster.
* heck for any broken shell.
* Set the oysters on crushed ice and serve with lemon wedges.
* Offer guests an oyster fork so they can cut the muscle to remove the oyster from the shell.

Pea salad. Roast beetroot

Blog post/Recipe: Pea salad with smoked almonds.

Blog post/Recipe: Recipe of the day: roast beetroot with lentils and goats' cheese.

The mixture of the texture of the lentils with the creamy sharpness of the cheese and the sweetness of the beetroot is wonderful.