Recipes

Grilled Polenta with Mushroom Ragout

You can use your favorite mushrooms for this stick-to-your-ribs vegetarian comfort food.

Roasted Salmon with Hot Mustard Cracker Topping

Wild-caught salmon from Alaska is the best choice when purchasing salmon.

Esther's Chicken Fricassee

This recipe from my mother-in-law, Esther Adler, was a rare treat as it took about a month to assemble the parts.

French Apple Tart

As beautiful as it is delicious, this seasonal tart can be found in "Sara Moulton’s Home Cooking 101."

Braised Short Ribs

My version of a recipe by Tom Valenti, I make this every Thanksgiving in lieu of turkey–that’s how popular it is at my house.

Black Bean Tortilla Pizza

You can make this Vegetarian Tortilla Pizza in 25 minutes with mostly pantry ingredients!

Spanish Burger

Flavored with piquillo peppers or roasted red peppers and green olives, these burgers can be made with ground pork, bison or turkey.

Dandelion Greens Salad with Butternut Squash and Pecan Dressing

Chili Dressing's the star in this salad! Feel free to substitute your favorite greens.

Shredded Butternut Squash with Dates and Pistachios

This flavorful fall specialty can be made, start to finish, in 20 minutes.

Deep Hot Chocolate

I had this extraordinarily delicious hot chocolate at a teahouse called Angelina’s near the Louvre in Paris.

Green Bean Casserole Moderne

My fresh version of this company dinner favorite is so hearty it qualifies as a vegetarian entrée.

Butterscotch Bread Pudding

When I was a kid, one of my favorite desserts was coffee ice cream and hot butterscotch sauce. This dessert delivers that flavor combo.