Pasta with lemon cream and shrimp… inspired by a dish I enjoyed on the Greek island, Hydra

Maque Choux: a popular Cajun dish featuring roasted corn, red peppers, bacon and cream

Chicken Satay With Spicy Peanut Sauce: A successful recreation of my picky six-year-old’s favorite takeout dish

Lime-Mint Granita: refreshing, no-fuss summer treat made with just four ingredients

Socca, a delicious, nutritious snack from the south of France. Gluten-free, vegan and rich in protein and fiber.

Chocolate pecan praline sticky buns with made-from-scratch brioche dough

Prosciutto-wrapped chicken with goat cheese, chives and fried garlic — inspired by a recipe from model and food blogger Chrissy Teigen

Recipe for salsa verde: herbs, peppers, shallots, garlic and other salsa players come together for a flavorful salsa

Recipe for Battenberg cake, a classic English teacake

Recipe for roasted garlic butter

Bacony Salt and Vinegar Kale Chips. Need I say more?

Juicy chicken legs and thighs with a golden, crackly skin. The easiest, most inexpensive meal in my dinner arsenal.

An unlikely tale of corn and red pepper soup in February

Bouncy, vanilla-spiked homemade marshmallows

Crawfish beignets with a spicy rémoulade

Spicy, garlicky roasted broccoli. My favorite January detox dish.

Silky, melt-in-your-mouth Italian meringue buttercream

Overlapping circles of thinly-sliced potatoes bake up golden and crispy. A recipe for pommes maxim.

Pretty In Pink Cake: A first birthday cake for my daughter inspired by Not Without Salt’s gorgeous gradient cake

The 1956 Burger: a retro American classic.

Grilled figs, walnuts and prosciutto served with a lemon-mint cream.