Last fall L. was trying to find a tea that he might like. He did not, and I ended up with the remainders of several scented tea samplers,...

I made this for dinner for my mother and it was a thousand times more delicious than it looks in the picture. This is a really easy...

I used beef tournedos for this but any kind of steak will work. For a minimum amount of work, you get an excellent dinner that tastes as...

L. has not been a huge fan of lamb since the mutton lunches of his French Lycée days but he quite enjoyed this as well which I think...

I was not a huge fan of meatloaf growing up. My mom didn't make it and, the rare times that I ate it at a friend's house it always tasted...

Obviously this is not a traditional dish since pork would probably not be used as the protein of choice in any self-respecting tagine...

Another easy dish, where the oven does most of the work for you. I served this with mashed potatoes and steamed rainbow chard (not...

I quite enjoyed these, as did L. In fact, I would have fought him for the last ribs had there been any left after our first go-around......

Back in my late 20s, though I already knew that my new husband loved to entertain, I discovered that he and a group of his friends from...

Contrary to many BBQ sauces which need to simmer away, reduce until ready, and be brushed on the meat multiple times, this is a pretty...

Contrary to my usual recipes for four people, this is for one. L. decided that he would prefer to have the accompanying salad with cheese...

My original nikuman recipe was good, but I have had time to do some internet research, eat oodles of them over several trips home to...

Even as a child I was an anglophile and enjoyed the kind of fiction where children who were ill were sent to bed with barley water or...

This is one of those dishes that sounded really good in my head but which I wasn't sure would actually work. It did though (tralah!) and...

I guess my roots are showing. Despite my Japanese and French upbringing, as soon as it gets cold I start to crave Mittel European food -...

When I lived in France I would often get oxtail at the local butcher's because it was cheap and easy to cook. With very little hands on...

I tried from every angle - I really did! - but it was truly difficult to come up with a lovely photo of what is essentially a completely...

These meatballs are delicious - tender and juicy and flavorful (if I do say so myself). The recipe makes 12 large meatballs but I would...

Here is the original version of this dish. I have added to it over time - different vegetables, shirataki noodles as well as pickled...

Sometimes you want a quick curry and are not in the mood for long simmering stocks and carefully gauged layering of spices. This curry...

My sister loves BLTs (which my mom makes for her upon request when she feels the need for one) and her partner is a vegetarian so I tend...

I've made variations of this before, one with lettuce and one with romaine, both very successful with L. so, when I got collard greens in...

I happened to have a ball of this dough in the freezer, but you could also use this one for a less robust crust, or even buy a ball of...

In my first year of married life, I lovingly made a pan of these for dinner. I used my mother-in-law's very labor intensive recipe and...