A no-fail cherry pie almost guarantees a happy holiday.Danielle Matar/The Globe and Mail
Ribs and cherry pie are my fantasy for the perfect Canada Day meal. But not pork ribs. Beef short ribs, which have a juicy, beefy taste and slightly chewy texture. This is a great recipe for them, the result of a lot of research, testing and eating. My preference is to serve them with salsa verde rather than the more common chimichurri, as I like the former's anchovy flavour with the meat. Along with a no-fail, free-form cherry pie, it almost guarantees a happy holiday.
Lucy Waverman