What do you like on your baked potato? Sour cream? Blue cheese? Bacon? They’re in here!

This simple, easy-to-throw-together salad shone at a recent gathering, adding an exotic flair to the standard backyard barbeque.

This is an easy, no-bake pie to make in Spring and Summer when strawberries are at their peak of flavor.

Apple pie on the bottom, giant cookie crust on top. A winning combination.

Shaved chocolate, candied almonds & a hint of cinnamon recall traditional recipes, but a step up; cannoli for those whose don’t like cannoli

The focaccia is fluffier than most, almost cake-like. I enjoy it drizzled with a bit of truffle oil or as a bread for sandwiches.

These cassetelle are baked rather than fried & are best eaten warm, when the chocolate is melty, the ricotta velvety, and the pastry crisp.

The perfect pizza margherita is crisp along the outside and, when you cut a slice, the tip just slightly dips down.

Tarte Flambée is similar to a crispy thin-crust pizza with a creamy sauce, sprinkled with bacon and onion, and then grilled hot and fast.

These flavors are similar to those found in Persian Love Cakes, but this recipe was my own creation. I wanted to highlight rose.

Slow cooking the lamb results in meltingly tender meat.

Chicken, potatoes and sweet onions are tossed in spices before roasting in the oven. Add a salad and you have a great weeknight meal.

This stew is light, hearty, and tangy, reminiscent of chicken piccata.

A chocolate-almond crumb crust with a rich chocolate mousse dotted with marshmallows turns rocky road into an adult dessert.

Soda bread is a quick bread which uses baking soda for the rising agent instead of yeast. This version, with walnuts, orange and golden rais