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Coeur à la Crème With Strawberry Sauce Recipe

Coeur à la Crème is a traditional French dessert that is, conveniently enough, almost always shaped as a heart. It features sweetened dairy, here made from cream and cream cheese and served in a deep red pool of strawberry sauce. → Read More

French in a Flash: Creamed Leeks Recipe

The dish is simple: Sliced leeks are sautéed down in a little bit of butter until they're soft and sweet. Then I add cream and a dash of Parmesan (my addition to tradition). The cream binds the leeks together and has that same savory-sweetness of the leeks themselves, while the Parmesan adds a punch of salt to wake it all up. → Read More

The Secret Ingredient (Marmalade): Marmalade and Stinky Cheese Canapés Recipe

Stinky, pungent, oozing cheese and a pinch of sweet marmalade on crispy, butter bread. Fromage-ophile heaven. → Read More

The Secret Ingredient (Chipotle): Double-Pepper Red Hot Chipotle Slaw Recipe

This slaw is hot as it looks: with both fresh jalapeños and smoky chipotles. Wrapped in warm corn tortillas, piled high on fish sandwiches, or just on the side, this dish makes plain old cole slaw seem pretty pathetic. → Read More

The Secret Ingredient (Chorizo): Two-Cheese Chorizo Quesadillas with Watercress Recipe

Mexican chorizo is rendered until crisp; stacked with bitter-sharp watercress leaves; and finished with salty queso cotija and cheddar cheeses. Then, the quesadilla is crisped until the shell is hard and the cheese inside is soft and runny. It's a great way to update your quesadilla routine. → Read More

The Secret Ingredient (Chipotle): Smoky Chipotle Guacamole Recipe

I love this smoky, spicy, chunk guacamole, especially with warm black beans on corn tortillas. → Read More

Avocado Panini with Brie, Mozzarella, Sun Dried Tomatoes, and Basil Recipe

This is one gorgeous, gooey panino: ciabatta stuffed with buttery ripe avocado, oozing brie and fresh mozzarella, sharp-salty-sweet sun dried tomatoes, and summery basil. Light and decadent in one warm, crunchy, creamy package. → Read More

Lamb Burger with Chunky Mint Tzatziki Recipe

A warm pita stuffed with a tender, garlicky lamb burger and a chunky tzatziki full of fresh mint, chives, and oregano. → Read More

French in a Flash: Parsnip Purée with Olive Oil and Sage Recipe

This recipe is made from three ingredients, and takes less than 20 minutes. It accommodates dieters, vegans, lactose intolerants, and people who love good food. Everyone will thank you for making this! → Read More

Salt-Baked Fish Stuffed with Herbs and Lemon Recipe

Here's how to make the most simple, delicious, juicy, and fragrant whole roast fish. Brought to the table in a thick crust of crackable salt, it's a show stopper. → Read More

French in a Flash: Creamed Leeks Recipe

The dish is simple: Sliced leeks are sautéed down in a little bit of butter until they're soft and sweet. Then I add cream and a dash of Parmesan (my addition to tradition). The cream binds the leeks together and has that same savory-sweetness of the leeks themselves, while the Parmesan adds a punch of salt to wake it all up. → Read More

The Secret Ingredient (Membrillo): Grilled Cheese with Serrano and Membrillo Recipe

Membrillo is a quince paste that's great with cheese, especially Manchego. Grilled cheese with serrano ham and membrillo. [Photographs: Kerry Saretsky] Another Membrillo Recipe Apple and Pear Membrillo Turnovers » One of my favorite memories of my trip to Spain... → Read More

French in a Flash: Olivey French Lentil and Barley Salad Recipe

This salad is made from French Puy lentils and barley dressed with fresh thyme, lemon, and tapenade, and tossed with parsley and scallions. It goes perfectly with roast salmon, my virtuous food. → Read More

French in a Flash: Crispy Salmon with Lentils du Puy and Two-Mustard Crème Fraîche Recipe

Salmon with lentils is a traditional French pairing. Besides making a rustic, hearty, and beautiful meal, it's also healthy and inexpensive. → Read More

Easy Crunchy Mustard-Baked Salmon Recipe

Crispy-bottomed salmon topped with a mountain of buttery, two-mustard crumbs and fresh herbs. Made with six ingredients and in only ten minutes! The perfect glammed-up, easy dinner for two. → Read More

Maple and Soy-Glazed Salmon with Garlic and Ginger Recipe

Maple syrup goes Asian in this broiled salmon, topped with a thick glaze of maple, soy, garlic, ginger, and cilantro. Sweetly salty. → Read More

Salmon with Thyme and Three-Lemon Crème Fraîche Recipe

This salmon roasted with lemon and thyme can be served hot or room temperature with a simple sauce of crème fraîche, thyme, and lemon in three forms: zest, juice, and preserved. → Read More

Sesame Seared Tuna with Soy Lime Noodles Recipe

Fresh tuna crusted in sesame seeds and seared, on a bed of ready-bought egg noodles, vibrant green veggies and herbs, and a light soy-lime sauce. Can't beat it! → Read More

French in a Flash: Sweet Onion and Goat Cheese Tarts with Thyme Recipe

Perfect passed at a cocktail party or as a little apéro before dinner, these crisp, flaky tartets are topped with a bird's nest of sweet onions caramelized in brown sugar, fresh leaves of thyme, and a dollop of mellow, tangy chèvre cheese. → Read More

French in a Flash (Classic): Potatoes Sarladaises Recipe

Potatoes, garlic, and goose fat. Could three things ever come together more beautifully than this peasant-hardy, stick-to-your-ribs, perfect potato dish? I live for potatoes sarladaises. → Read More