Stove top smoked salmon at home? Really? Made with no special equipment & served in a salad with Swiss chard, pineapple, and cashews.

Butternut Hand Pies have just the right ratio of crust to filling. They define that magic moment when tender crust meets sumptuous filling.

Jarlsberg Cheese and Pears. When it comes to an end of the meal cheese course I tend toward simplicity.

These sweet and sour mini-tarts are filled with wickedly dark chocolate and the sting of lime.

Start your party off right with these buttery discs of puff pastry topped with mushrooms and a sweet, crunchy mix of onions & walnuts.

Just what the heck do you do with January tomatoes? Grilled Cheese with Marinated Tomatoes can save a blustery day.

Sometimes in January out-of-season zucchini is the best looking green thing in the market. Butter Braised Zucchini with Poblano Peppers.

These Oatmeal Cookies start by making a coconut toffee that gets embedded onto the top of each cookie halfway through baking.

Lamb Vadouvan is flavored with a curry spice blend that became popular in the former French territories of Southern India.

Pork with Creamed Hominy & Salsa Verde is from Prune a cookbook featuring recipes from the NYC restaurant of the same name.

Black Bottom Pumpkin Pie to wish you a Merry Christmas. As familiar as a traditional pumpkin pie, but it’s made special with chocolate.

Sweet, salty, smoky and oozing with molten cheese. These Bacon-Wrapped Parmesan Stuffed Dates are irresistible little flavor bombs.

Avocado Toast needs no food dyes artificial tinkering to perfectly match the greens and reds of your holiday decor.

Ho Ho Ho! Yule Logs don’t have to be hard to make.

Despite the name, Mother’s Ruin is the perfect Christmas Punch. It’s made with gin and fragrant Christmas-spiced vermouth.

A festive holiday appetizer, Sauteed Shrimp & Cheddar Bacon Bread

When holiday entertaining, who wants to be manning the bar while the guests are having all the fun? That’s where pitcher drinks come in.

I’m craving simplicity right now. Partly because the madness of the holiday season will soon be upon us. Shrimp & Tofu Stir-Fry.

If you’re looking for an elegant, vegetarian appetizer try this Lentil Pâté.

Five-Spice Apple Blondies are perfectly seasonal and (dare I say it? Better than a brownie).