There’s something surprisingly complex about the combination tart and savory flavors in this simple Italian Celery & Mushroom Salad.

Wrapped in pancetta and dipped in sesame seeds, these ‘Asparagus Sticks’ make a great party appetizer.

Heart-Shaped Chocolate Sandwich Cookies filled with White Ganache. Must be Valentine’s Day.

Fried Udon-Wrapped Shrimp with Spicy Cucumber Salad is a grown-up “do-over”.

Pasta with Butter (and Mustard Greens and Shiitake) It’s What Kids Eat, Right?

Backroom Mob is a bourbon cocktail from a Sunset Strip nightclub known as State Social House.

Sweetly glazed Cherry Chipotle Duck Skewers

New Years Resolutions? Oh well, bring on the Chocolate Cream Pie with its gravity-defying Swiss meringue anyway.

Simple little sirloin sliders are made intoxicating with black truffles.

Cool weather flavors make this Maple Ice Cream with Cinnamon Pecan Pralines and Cranberries a wintertime treat.

Malaysian Spiced Sticky Wings. Baked not fried.

Rich and glossy. Simply the best chocolate sauce I know how to make.

Ring in the New Year with a simply elegant appetizer. Salmon Crudo with Tangerine Gastrique and Fennel.

The holidays put me in the mood for punch. Spiced Winter Punch with bourbon and pears.

Make these Ginger & Spice Refrigerator Cookies for the holidays or just make them because they are simple and delicious.

Sunchoke Gratin with Jarlsberg, Lentils & Black Walnuts is an unexpected combination brought together in classic style.

Migas means “crumbs” in Spanish. It’s also a chiliquiles-like Mexican-style plate of scrambled eggs that makes a great holiday breakfast.

Foaming Fairy is what I’d call an old fashioned cocktail because it contains 2 ingredients that were once common, but fell out of favor.

Shake up your menu. Dried peaches make an unexpected holiday pie.

I’m practicing a new cocktail for Thanksgiving. The Red Hook, made from rye, maraschino liquor, and a sweet vermouth with a bitter edge.

I think every Thanksgiving plate should have something crunchy on it. Creamy Crunchy Celery Root Remoulade.

Butternut Squash and Roast Asparagus Crespelle Torta as a vegetarian Thanksgiving main course option.