Grilled Maple-Brined Pork Chops – the juiciest, most flavorful pork chop.

Lentil, Mushroom, and Pancetta Soup with Thyme Cream. Simple and delicious.

A healthy late summer meal – grilled rosemary steak, elote corn salad with parmesan and basil, farro, and green beans.

Baklava Ice Cream Sandwiches with Pistachio Gelato

The Green Derby Cocktail – Absinthe, Bourbon, Grapefruit, and Basil

Fried Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa (and a Costa Rica travelogue)

Rhubarb Campari Sorbet, served with a splash of champagne on top, because champagne makes everything better.

Polenta Pizza with Wild Mushrooms and Ramp Pesto

Boozy ice cream floats, anyone? Cream soda + Bourbon + homemade Tahini Caramel Date Ice Cream = perfection.

Sparkling Lemongrass-Ginger Margarita with an addictive Sugar-Salt-Lemon-Ginger rim

A lovely spring salad with Roast Salmon, Asparagus, New Potatoes, Pesto Dressing and a Soft-Boiled Egg.

Scandinavian-inspired Smoked Salmon Bowl with Pickled Beets and Dilled Sour Cream

Brown-Butter Chestnut Waffles with Poached Pears and Whipped Mascarpone

Bananas Foster Oatmeal – jazz up your winter breakfast without throwing off your diet!

Chocolate Peppermint Snowball Cookies

Rosemary-and-Sage-Crusted Roast Beef, cooked to a perfect medium rare. A simple but impressive holiday main!

Mulled, Spiked Apple Cider with Port, Cranberries, and Clementine

Beef, Mushroom, and Ale Pot Pie – the perfect cozy fall dinner.

Wild Mushroom Lasagna with three kinds of mushrooms, a creamy bechamel, and taleggio cheese.