Recipes

Red Wine Braised Beef Brisket with Flying Discs

This recipe comes from my husband Bill's Aunt Rifka. The Flying Discs are really matzo balls.

Three Mushroom Tart

These days you see all sorts of once exotic mushrooms in the supermarket—portobello, shiitake, chanterelle, etc.—and they don’t cost nearly as much as they used to.

Dandelion Greens Salad with Roasted Butternut Squash and Pecan Dressing

If your market doesn't have dandelion greens, arugula will be a delicious stand-in.

Jean Anderson's Oven Fried Chicken

Ideal for entertaining, this easy chicken recipe goes into the oven and minds itself while you do other things.

Three Citrus Flan

This delicious make-ahead dessert is perfect for entertaining. I learned the recipe from my pal Sandy Gluck in the early eighties.

Agnello Scottadito

Here's the recipe for Giuseppe Fanelli's lamb and heirloom tomato dish. Make it now as local tomatoes are at their best.

Spanish Burgers with Oven Fries

Spanish paprika, bottled piquillo peppers or small roasted red peppers, and green olives give a new identity to these burgers.

Butter Steamed Broccoli with Soy

I developed this quick and easy way to cook vegetables at my first job. It involves just one large skillet.

Warm Chocolate Cheesecake

These easy cheesecakes are deeply chocolate with the slight tang of cream cheese. They can be chilled but are especially good served warm.

Fried Clam Sandwich

Clams were made to be fried. Anybody who has been to one of the many little food shacks along the New England coast knows how special they are.

Grilled Potato and Corn Salad with Chipotle Mayonnaise

For the best flavor, cook the potatoes, corn, and red peppers on an outdoor grill, but you can broil them if necessary.

Five Ingredient Scallop and Prosciutto Kebabs

With just 5 ingredients, this grilled entree is ready to serve in no time. Pair it with my Pink Sangria.