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03/02/2010

Lemon and Honey Glazed Salmon With Basmati

03/03/2010

Soba noodles: Whip up oodles of easy Japanese dishes

Soba Noodles. Buckwheat Noodles with dipping sauce

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The delicate flavor, pleasantly firm texture and healthful profile of the buckwheat noodles are just part of the appeal.

A visit to Tei An restaurant could get you hooked on Japanese soba noodles. Now you can make dishes with them easily at home.
Video: Making soba at Tei An
Blog: Eats
Tei An restaurant review

Layered Southwest Salad: a visual and gastronomic delight
Layered salads are a practical, popular buffet item because they can be made in advance and the ingredients remain evenly distributed. Use a glass container so the colorful ingredients are visible. You can use a bowl or an ice bucket, as shown.

03/02/2010

Poached Tilapia

Black-Bean Stackers

Nanaimo Bars: Sweet stuff from the far north

Go meatless with Black Bean and Veggie Chili

Making candy can be as easy as pie

Forget what you've heard about candy-making being an all-day affair. Here are some recipes that are easy enough for a family project and don't require a lot of specialized techniques.

03/01/2010

Savoring flatbreads and spreads
Stephan Pyles' popular new restaurant, Samar, has one of the best bread appetizers in the city: Fresh naan and a variety of spreads including hummus and baba ghanoush (a roasted eggplant spread) team up for a first course.

02/28/2010

5-Minute Slow-Cooker Brisket

02/27/2010

Piquant Baked Fish: Perfect for guests
This dish is company-ready in just 20 minutes. Toss some pasta with herbs and butter, top with the fish and dinner is served. Jane Jarrell

02/23/2010

New Orleans chef's take on red beans and rice

Broccoli Pasta Salad With Chicken

Pork Chops With White Beans and Sage Salad

Open-Face Chicken Sandwich with Roasted Red Pepper and Cheese Spread

Lemon-Salmon Pasta

Cheesecake Bars

Beer and Cheese Soup

Shrimp and Orzo Salad

Coconut-Ginger Tilapia

02/02/2010

Cheesy Baked Shells and Broccoli

02/19/2010

Celebrate the winter season with a great salad

Tuna Primavera: Revise an old favorite
Modern-day tuna casserole goes fresh and fancy with crisp vegetables, bow-tie pasta and a homemade vinaigrette. Jane Jarrell

02/16/2010

Easy Apple Empanadas

Round up the kids for this special treat

Slow-Cooker Spicy Black Bean Soup

Butternut Squash and Bacon

Orange Chicken

Greek Pasta Salad With Feta and Chicken

Toasted Pecan Rice

Make winter pesto with kale, parsley or black olives

It's not the season for basil, but don't let that stop you if you are a pesto lover. These recipes make creative use of readily available winter greens.

Recipes that use pesto

02/15/2010

Mushroom Risotto: Slow cooker simplifies labor-intensive dish
With a nice salad, this hearty risotto can be a meal. Or serve it as a side dish with rotisserie chicken.

Fight off the cold with Slow-Cooker Beef Bourguignon
Beef Bourguignon is a classic French dish of meat braised in red wine with onions and mushrooms.

02/08/2010

Dinner Tonight: Italian Beef is foolproof and delicious
Rely on this recipe when you know your day is going to be long and tiring. It is foolproof and delicious. Slice and serve on hearty bread with a horseradish mayonnaise.

02/11/2010

Valentine's dinner at home: Bacon-wrapped tenderloin and cupcakes for dessert
So you didn't get the dinner reservation you wanted? It's OK. This festive Valentine's menu is almost foolproof, and it requires little more than a visit to the grocery store.

02/09/2010

Cooper Clinic dietitians share their favorite healthy recipes

Skip the crowds and stay in with this easy Valentine's Day menu

An elegant dinner is easy to pull together with prep-in-advance options and high-quality prepared ingredients.

Another romantic menu

For extra sweetness, try Valentine's Day cake balls

Valentine's Day dining

Holiday coverage

Fall in love with flourless cake

02/08/2010

Valentine's menu for two: Pamper your sweetheart with veal, potatoes and cream puffs
If you believe meat and potatoes are the way to a man's heart, try this simple meal for Valentine's Day. The dessert, potatoes and red wine sauce are take-home miracles needing only a few enhancements. The veal chops are seared in a sauté pan and finished in the oven. In the photo, I added quick spinach sauté to the plate. However, you could skip the vegetable and start the meal with an iceberg wedge with ranch dressing and crumbled blue cheese.

02/06/2010

Luby's Chocolate Ice Box Pie

02/05/2010

Chocolate Sundae Pudding is worth spooning on Valentine's Day

02/04/2010

Quick Jalapeño Chicken: Jelly-based sauce still packs a wallop
Melted jellies make terrific sauces for meats. The spice in the jalapeño is reduced a bit by processing with the sugar, but don't let that fool you – it still packs a wallop.

02/02/2010

Barbecue Baked Bean Cheese Dip

Pecan-Beer Shrimp With Sauce

Club Panini with Turkey, Ham and Swiss Cheese

Vegetable and Walnut Pizza

Portobello Parmesan

Tuna Penne Pasta

Dress up cake balls for Valentine's Day

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Looking for an alternative to the usual sweets? Try versatile cake balls, decorating them in any combination of holiday colors.

All about cake balls

Favorite cake recipes, including Chocolate-Carrot Cake Balls

Break out the slow cooker for beef and barley soup

Sweet Potato Napoleons revamp a popular casserole
This recipe for Sweet Potato Napoleons deconstructs the classic '30s-era dish, returning the casserole ingredients to savory stardom without the drippy excess. Slices of sweet potato are caramelized in the oven, then the rounds are stacked with miniature marshmallows within and heated again.

11/02/2009

Holiday planner: Thanksgiving recipes you can make now and freeze

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As you plan ahead for Thanksgiving dinner, don't forget your freezer. It could be your ticket to a memorable feast - without sacrificing time with family and friends. Here's a guide to what you can make ahead so you can breathe easier when it counts.
More Thanksgiving recipes

09/16/2009

Bite-size cake balls are popular new treat with home cooks, bakeries

Cake balls are popular bite-sized confections.

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Ooh la la, what's this? A bite into chocolate-flavored coating reveals a rich, moist, cakey interior – the perfect proportion of cake to frosting. The lovely treat is a cake ball, a recipe making the rounds among creative home bakers.

09/18/2008

Puff pastry shells make for easy entertaining
Try Puff Pastry Shells With Chive-and-Cream Cheese Scrambled Eggs, Puff Pastry Shells With Sautéed Mushrooms and Lemon Curd and Berry-filled Pastry Shells

01/24/2008

How to make the best steak you can - at home

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Learn how to make a perfect steak at home.

Before you ruin another perfectly good porterhouse by charring it - la Fred Flintstone, take our expert course on the basics of buying and grilling steak.

Video Part 1: How to select and season your steak
Part 2: Handling the steak on the grill or stove
Part 3: Is it done?