Main Dish

Chili-Lime Chicken with Poblano, Corn, and Black Bean Rice

55 minutesServes 2

This is the kind of skillet supper that brings back the glow of a late summer kitchen—the windows open, peppers softening in the pan, and chicken…

Main Dish

Hawaiian-Style Soy-Glazed Pineapple Smash Burgers

27 minutesServes 2

Double smash burgers. Sticky soy glaze. Seared pineapple. Bright scallion mayo. Sweet, savory, and coastal with serious griddle swagger. You’re going to crush these!

Salad

Skillet Chicken Cobb Salad with Ranch and Quick-Pickled Onion

40 minutesServes 2

A proper dinner-size Cobb: juicy skillet chicken, crisp bacon, jammy eggs, avocado, tomato, blue cheese, and tangy pickled onion arranged over cold romaine. Yo Mama’s Ranch…

Main Dish

Red Wine–Braised Lamb Shanks with French Lentil Ragout and Orange Gremolata

4 hours 25 minutesServes 5

This is your big-league one-pot project. Lamb shanks go meltingly tender over glossy French lentils, mushrooms, pearl onions, and bittersweet radicchio. Orange gremolata cuts through the…

Main Dish

Maple-Miso Brown Rice Stir-Fry with Asparagus and Wasabi

30 minutesServes 2

A savory-sweet brown rice stir-fry built to sit comfortably beside rich steelhead. The vegetables stay lively, the eggs make it substantial, and the miso-maple glaze goes…

Dessert

Angine de Poitrine Split-Set Thick Cookies

1 hour 29 minutesServes 5

One batch, two loud personalities: dark molasses cookies loaded with white chocolate; pale sugar cookies carrying rough chocolate chunks. They bake up thick, soft-centered, and just…

Main Dish

Smoked Sausage, Pepper, and Gnocchi Ricotta Bake

55 minutesServes 4

Pillowy potato gnocchi, smoky sausage, and sweet peppers bake together under a properly bound veil of ricotta and mozzarella. The rosemary salt is optional, but its…

Side Dish

Breadmaker Pineapple-Coconut Sweet Bread

About 4 hours 25 minutes, including coolingServes 3

A tender, deeply sweet pull-apart loaf with the sunset color of coconut sugar and a bright pineapple perfume. It reminds me of the soft celebration breads…

Main Dish

Dark-Crusted Salmon with Silky Lemon-Fennel White Beans

40 minutesServes 2

Salmon gets a restrained coat of sweet heat, coarse salt, orange, and ginger, then meets the skillet gently so the seasoning turns into a dark, fragrant…

Main Dish

Tony’s Take on Head-on Shrimp at ZINI

45 minutesServes 4

The menu identifies five head-on shrimp per serving in a rich Thai-inspired red curry with cashews, coconut, and aromatic herbs. The food photo points to a…

Hot Honey-Ginger Crispy Mushroom Sandwiches

55 minutesServes 4

Oyster and maitake mushrooms get a light, craggy seltzer crust, then a quick hit of hot honey, ginger, lemon, and fresh herbs. Stack them on warm…

Hot-Honey Crunch Mushroom Sandwiches

1 hourServes 4

Craggy oyster and maitake mushrooms get a light, shattering crust, then hit soft buns with hot-honey herb glaze, tangy onions, juicy tomato, and crisp romaine. Big…