In the world of pasta sauces, Bacon and Onion may not be the first thing to come to mind… After you taste this recipe, you’ll see it’s a natural.  The fat and caramelized onions give the sauce tons of flavor. And it’s punched up with…

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…

In this Sheet Pan Dinner, Bone-In Rib Pork Chops are crisp on the outside and tender inside. Pairing Cheddar Cheese and Panko breadcrumbs for the crust, this recipe can take on any vegetable you like.  We went for Gala Apples and for color and flavor,…

This Meatloaf is one step away from a great Pate, high on the list of great comfort foods. My friend Larry Hui is one of the leaders of a group of volunteers who help out at a homeless shelter in our neighborhood. Finally, after the…

  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…

“Pairing a rich beef burger with pâte and a fig salad may sound like gilding the lily…” So write the authors of America’s Test Kitchen’s latest book ‘Modern Bistro: Home Cooking Inspired by French Classics” (America’s Test Kitchen 2022). They could have been listening to…

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…

Summer and Salad Days are on the way…but in the meantime. Confession time:  We’d been looking at a lot of very beige posts on Chewing The Fat. So when this glorious-looking salad appeared in Food and Wine, we had to make it. It’s from a…

An unexpected pantry find that ticks a lot of boxes. I must admit to some trepidation when I came across this recipe in Southern Living. My experience with canned salmon was limited to our Nanny of not-too-fond memory. Her idea of a perfect lunch was…

From Food & Wine’s ” Chef’s Easy Weeknight Dinners” Jonathan Waxman’s Soy and Ginger Pork Chops Andrew and I often get asked whether we use our hundreds of cookbooks. The truth is, we read cookbooks the way other people read novels. Cover to cover.  But…

This dish may be the least expensive meal we’ve ever featured. This recipe has so much going for it. It’s hard to how budget-friendly it is. The total cost of the dish was $15.51.  Break that down and if you’re serving four, it’s $3.82 per…

If you’re looking for a great plant-based dinner, you’ve come to the right place. This easy, meatless pasta dinner uses only 6 ingredients and takes 30 minutes to make. Every item is store-bought from the pasta itself to jarred marinara sauce. You can use any…

The only reminder of your Mom’s Tuna Casserole are the Potato Chips I announced to Andrew that we were having Tuna Casserole for dinner. His mother, his sister Lauren wrote, “made tuna casserole for all of us when we were children and she used potato…