THIS DUTCH BABY MAKES A PERFECT MEATLESS MEAL. To open the oven door and discover the very simple batter I’d put into a cast iron skillet 20 minutes before had emerged as this beautiful pastry ‘shell’ was a moment of both pride and awe.  Previous…

With the bright flavors and great looks of a Salade Nicoise, cooking salmon was never easier. This Salmon Nicoise is a stellar recipe! It is unbelievably simple–especially considering the results. It’s a one-pot wonder, a gorgeous presentation that puts so much color on each plate.…

The lure of cooking shrimp is both the time it takes and the taste you can achieve I would be hard-pressed to find a protein that’s quicker to cook. If anything, you have to hover over it for the best results.  But with just a…

You can adapt this one-pot dinner recipe to Chicken, Pork, or Turkey. The ground meat of your choice is combined with fennel seed, Pecorino Romano, and onion and made into meatballs. The meatballs then cook in a flavor-filled Chicken broth together with orzo pasta, lemon…

  This Sheet Pan Recipe Lets You Choose between Vegetarian or Sausage Versions Mushrooms are a favorite way for Vegetarians to swap out meat.  And the meaty Portobella is our favorite way to do it.  We were delighted to go back to Hetty Mckinnon’s 1994…

We may be late for Meatless Monday but we’d make this any day of the week This is a wonderful dish.  Especially if you are looking for plant-based recipes that pack a lot of flavor. And this rendition of what is basically a warm lemony…

Spain’s Gift to Gastronomy is an amazingly adaptable dish that belongs on your summer table. Yes, there is an official version of this beautiful dish.  But we discovered you can pretty much make paella from whatever you want. The key is the round-grained rice called…

Let’s celebrate Meatless Monday with this fantastic Vegetable Curry Ellie Krieger, the host of Public Television’s  “Ellie’s Real Good Food”, is an expert on healthy eating.  A graduate of Cornell and Columbia Universities, she holds degrees in Clinical Nutrition from both. Her claim to fame…

This incredibly easy salad is the perfect hot weather kick-off. As the temperature rises, and we look for ways to make both cooking and eating a breeze, Crab Louis (or Louie) is high on our list. The most seasonal of vegetables and sweet crab meat…

This One Pan wonder checks all the boxes… This is really a spectacular pairing.  It’s a classic combination of lemon and garlic which the shrimp marinate in very briefly along with diced shallots and plenty of chives.  Fresh local asparagus shares the plate with cherry…

“Sometimes you want chicken to taste like chicken” So wrote J.T. of Madison Wisconsin of this wonderful recipe when it appeared in Bon Appetit. Here all you do is salt and pepper bone-in skin on, chicken thighs and cook them for 16 to 23 minutes. …

I’VE JUST READ THE WEATHER FORECAST… And it looks like it’s time to hunker down and stay put this weekend.  And while we’re at it, what’s better than stew?  Never mind the result is inevitably warming, comforting, and altogether satisfying.  There are delightful aromas that…

Wonderfully aromatic, this creamy chicken pasta dish gets a flavor boost from an Italian “Soffritto”. I put pasta on our table at least once a week. To me, very little is as satisfying as fresh or dried pasta coated with a great Italian ragu of…

If you love the way this looks, you’ll be bowled over by how easy it is to make. When I first saw the prototype for this recipe, I was immediately attracted to the way it looked.  Rings of Jalapeno peppers sink into its crispy corn…