Are Your Tummy Ills All in Your Head? Are your tummy troubles all in your head? Yes. And no. There’s a reason why, when you’re upset, you feel a knot in the...
Onion Confit Crostini Sweet caramelized onion and dried currants are perfectly balanced by salty capers and black-olive paste in these party-...
Potato-Vegetable Stock This stock owes its depth to last summer's crop of potatoes and leeks, simmered into a thick broth. If you don...
Lemon Meringue Kisses These tiny, lemon-flavored meringues must be cooked slowly so their outsides are powdery and crisp, while the insides...
New Potatoes & Peas This simple side is a triple treat of spring delights: new potatoes, spring onions and fresh green peas. The flavors...
Pork Medallions with Cumberland Sauce Glossy and burgundy-colored, this traditional English sweet-and-sour sauce turns pork tenderloin into an elegant entree.
Fresh Pea Soup Soups like this play up the best qualities of peas, yet mask any falling-off from perfection.
Honeyed Rhubarb Chutney Jalapeno peppers add a touch of heat to this sweet-tart rhubarb chutney.
Warm Dandelion Greens Here, peppery-tasting dandelion greens are simply sautéed with olive oil and garlic and then tossed with balsamic...
Halibut with Lemon & Caper Sauce If using fish steaks, chill them in the freezer for 1/2 to 1 hour so they will be easy to slice. Fillets of sole,...
Pork Chops with Pear & Ginger Sauce In this quick saute, vinegar and sugar are caramelized in the skillet, forming a deep, richly flavored base for the...
Pork Cutlets with Cumberland Sauce Old-fashioned, sweet and sour Cumberland Sauce, a British favorite, makes a fine topping for pork. Round out the meal...
Ginger Sorbet This simple ice has a vivid, lively flavor and makes a spirited palate cleanser between courses as well as an...
Turkey Scallopini with Apricot Sauce Nectar (juice by any other name) makes a sweet-and-sour sauce that also pairs well with pork chops or chicken. The...
Proper Scottish Oat Scones What alchemy gives scones their crumbly, buttery texture? And what wizardry it took to maintain that texture, after a...
Peppered Lamb Chops Studding lamb chops with garlic and rubbing them with crushed peppercorns adds intense flavor with minimal work.
Strawberry Fool Mostly berries, with a bit of cream to bind.
Chicken Forestiere A la forestiere (“of the forest”) is characterized by deep, hearty flavors, usually including mushrooms. Our version is...
Garlic-Tip Dressing Thick, young garlic shoots, also called garlic scapes or green garlic, can be trimmed once or twice without harming the...