Drinks
Don’s Ramos Fizzes
Frozen peach daiquiri
Mango Lassi
Appetizers
Soups
Blue Owl White Chili
Cioppino
Clam Chowder
Corn Chowder
Mulligatawny
Okroshka
Potage Washington
Shaker Fish Chowder
Three Mushroom Soup
Salads
“Asian” Seafood Salad
Black Bean Salad with Goat Cheese
Black-eyed Pea Salad
Fruit salad with peach “zabaglione”
My grandmother’s potato salad
Salades Danicheff
Salades des Gobelins
Fish and Seafood
“Asian” Seafood Salad
Coulibiac
Jambalaya
Laulau
Paella
Poultry
Brining a turkey
Chicken with fresh herbs
How to poach a chicken breast
Jerk chicken
Turkey chilaquiles salsa verde
Smoked turkey and dressing
Sunday Chicken and Dumplings Soup
Meat
Beef Stroganov
Braised Pork with Green Chile Sauce
Pork chops and Spaghetti
Székely gulyás
The ultimate guide to meatloaf
Vegetables
Basil Mashed Potatoes
Basque baked beans from Louis’s Basque
Mustard Greens with Tomatoes, Onions, and Chilies
Roasted Vegetable Ratatouille
Roasted Vegetables with Polenta
Sag Paneer
Spinach Campagnola
Spinach Souffle in 3’s
Main Dishes
Grilled pizza
Jambalaya
Laulau
Open-faced Moussaka
Paella
Spinach, white beans, and potatoes
Tamale pie
Tempeh with broccoli
Pastries, Breads, and Pastas
Apricot Studel
My grandfather’s Coney Island spaghetti
Orrecchiete with Pistachio Pesto
Pasta with Gorgonzola
The rule for biscuits
The rule for pie crust
Desserts
Actually edible fruitcake (no, really)
Air Pudding
Apple Snow
Bittersweet chocolate truffle tart
Chestnut cake
Doctor Bird Cake
Hummingbird Cake
Ilmapuuro
Mrs. Beeton’s Christmas Pudding
Molten chocolate cakes
My wife’s famous English toffee
Pumpkin Chiffon Pie
Red, White, and Blu Pie
Shaker lemon pie
Sour cream dried cherry pie
Sauces
Basic Marinara
Cranberry Sauce with Zing
Roasted Tomato Sauce
Shaker Applesauce
Other
Chili powder
Garam Masala
Mango, Apple, and Apricot Chutney
My favorite cookbooks
