A simple dessert to pull together when you’re craving a more complicated Baklava.

This is the best granola recipe you will ever try—provided you follow a few important steps. Start with very best-quality ingredients, and fresh, raw nuts, never stale or previously roasted. Roast and grind your own cardamom pods for the deepest flavour, and use whole nutmeg, freshly grated on a microplane (you can, of course, use store-bought ground spices, but there is quite a big difference).

Fork-tender acorn squash given the slightest zing with cayenne pepper, and decked with festive pomegranate.

This special vegetable dish could take centre stage, inspired by my love of Top Chef Canada Eden Grinshpan’s Recipe the combination of slightly charred vegetables (created by roasting directly on a baking dish), toasted nuts, honey and dates is incredible.

This dish is all about texture, with the smooth goat cheese playing off its Panko crust, the tender arugula paired with dressed-up olives. So beautiful and so good.