Fast Easy Recipes

FEAST column: Cook without following the book
FEAST students learn how to use a recipe as a guide in cooking. The exact ingredients are rarely on hand for a meal, so everyone is comfortable with finding substitutions for the missing foods.

Books for cooks: Intolerant Gourmet
It's been a while since I've lusted over a cookbook, as bloated they usually are with butter, cream and cheese. After finding myself the mother of a child with severe food allergies, virtually all my cooking is now free of dairy, eggs, wheat, nuts and sesame.

Food: Treat mom to a kid-and-dad-proof Mother’s Day breakfast
Here’s an at-home breakfast menu that features simple extras such as fresh herbs — not fancy techniques or hard-to-find ingredients — to make the dishes elegant enough to make mom feel special but easy enough for dad and the kids to whip up.

SUE ADE: Pie-making professor declared "Best" - again
The 18th annual American Pie Council (APC)/Crisco National Pie Championships has once again chosen competition veteran John Sunvold, of Winter Park, Florida, as the victor of the Amateur Best in Show title for his "Peg's Banana Cream Supreme" pie, the first place winner in the Cream pie category.

Judi Leaming: New recipes ... that’s what friends are for
Inspired by recent meals with friends, food columnist Judi Leaming offers up new recipes, which include Crunchy Tossed Salad, Betty Crocker's Summer Macaroni Salad and Gooey Mixed-Nut Bars.

Best iPhone apps for recipes
I find recipe apps really useful as it allows me to easily search for new ideas without having to flick through recipe books or trawl through the internet. Here are my picks of the best recipe apps based on criteria such as ease of use, search functionality and recipe range are as follows.

MasterChef Recap: The sign said FISH
Signs are missed, ingredients are forgotten and one man isn't allowed to leave his stool for six hours. 12 contestants fight for 6 aprons, and our recap endeavours to recall the highlights of an episode where all paths do lead to fish.

Weird Kentucky Derby Food
The pickled walnut is a key ingredient in the Derby's classic and mysterious Henry Bain Sauce. Watkins Pickled Walnuts At the Kentucky Derby, the Hot Brown sandwich comes piled high with pimentos, bacon, tomatoes and, weirdest of all, canned peaches.

Weekly recipes
Citrus recipes, lighter snack recipes and a healthy tomato recipe.

How to make Anzac biscuits
Sentimental: Angela Henry, Private Sarah Russell and Crystal Smith whip up a batch of Anzac biscuits. Mixing it up: Billy and Teddy enjoy some Anzacs.