If you like the looks of this Beef  Tamale Pie, you’ll love how easy it is to make. When I first saw this recipe, I was immediately attracted to how it looked.  Rings of Jalapeno peppers sink into its crispy corn and cheese topping. The…

A Manly Meal: Jamie Oliver’s Steak and Guinness Pie. In addition to the advertised Steak and Guinness, the filling includes lots of onions, carrots, and celery. But the unmentioned ingredients at the heart of this creation are a rich mélange of meat and mushrooms and…

This salad looks like a picture of Spring.  It’s as tasty as it is beautiful to look at.  And healthy too!  It gives you half your daily servings of fruits and vegetables, the tomato being the fruit.  It’s also low in both calories and fat.…

Passover is coming up this weekend. It brought up memories of one of the most successful meals we’ve ever cooked. And quite honestly, one of the easiest dinners we ever made. If you have the slightest qualms about your skills in the kitchen, put them…

We could ‘fancy-up’ the name of this dish by calling it Pasta al Forno. It still wouldn’t alter the fact that this might well be called Cheeseburger Pasta. Ooey gooey, cheesy, meaty.  This is Andrew and my idea of comfort food times three. Baked Ziti…

An Instant Pot recipe that delivers a great stew in far less time than any other method we know. If there was one ubiquitous item on sale on Amazon’s Prime Day, it was the Instant Pot. We’ve had good meals using this Canadian invention.  It’s…

A Favorite Restaurant inspires a Home Cook’s Dinner Quest As New Yorkers, we’re bereft at the months-long lockdown of the Broadway theaters.  They’re a part of our landscape and no matter how many—or how few–times we see plays every year, they’re cultural treasures that are…

Four Fantastic Ways to Celebrate this American Treasure Andrew went back to work this week in Manhattan. No one was gladder to do so.  While I tap away on my keyboard blissfully year in and year out, he was less than enchanted with our endless…

Rao’s, the Iconic Italian Restaurant in East Harlem, is Working To Keep New York’s Partnership Schools Open and Thriving. Fifteen years ago, Frank Pellegrino Sr. of Rao’s Restaurant helped save a nearby small elementary school in Harlem – Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary – from the brink…

This cooking method is totally unorthodox. But the results were the best steak we’ve had in ages. We love a great steak. One that has a deeply browned crust on the outside and a true rosy medium-rare inside.  We like New York Strip best for…

You really have to taste how good this is to know why it’s one of our most popular recipes of all time. As promised, here’s another recipe to get us through being stuck in the house. It’s unorthodox for sure. It’s basically a giant hamburger…

Two countries create a dinner dish worthy of at least two stars. I love a great meatball which is really what Kofte are.  I am always on the lookout for new flavors to try.  This recipe is from two different sources: A Turkish recipe from…

A Meat Lover’s Dream recipe…Mushroom Bourguignon from Melissa Clark As New Year’s resolutions go, the one about eating less meat in 2020 has a lot of traction. And for good reason. Not only is it good for you, but it’s also good for the planet. …

Comfort Food that brings back memories of home. When I was growing up, this dish passed for Shepherd’s pie at our house.  It usually involved the leftover Sunday Roast and any mashed potatoes that managed to survive our wonderful Sunday family dinners. But if you…