Lasagna Bolognese with Spinach Pasta and Fontina–Parmigiano Béchamel

This lasagna brings together three distinctive components: a deeply flavored, slow-cooked pork and beef Bolognese, fresh homemade spinach pasta, and a silky béchamel enriched with Fontina and Parmigiano-Reggiano. Rather than a few heavy layers, this lasagna is built with six to eight thin layers, allowing the delicate green pasta, rich meat sauce, and creamy béchamel to remain distinct in every bite. The béchamel is intentionally used with restraint, adding richness without overwhelming the Bolognese.

Lasagna Bolognese with Spinach Pasta

Classic Fish and Chips

Crisp, golden battered fish with a light, crunchy coating and tender, flaky fish inside, served alongside twice-fried chips that are crisp on the outside and fluffy in the center. Serve with tartar sauce, lemon wedges and malt vinegar for a classic British-style fish and chips dinner.

Fish and Chips

One-Pan Lemon Chicken with Creamy Parmesan Orzo

Tender chicken and creamy Parmesan orzo come together in one skillet with fresh lemon, garlic and spinach. Toasting the orzo briefly in butter before adding the broth gives the finished dish an extra layer of nutty flavor, while adding the lemon juice at the end keeps everything bright and fresh.

One-Pan Lemon Chicken with Orzo

Brie Crostini with Cinnamon Sautéed Apples

Crisp toasted baguette slices topped with creamy Brie and warm cinnamon-sautéed apples make an easy and elegant appetizer. Tart Granny Smith apples are especially good here because they balance the richness of the Brie and the sweetness of the brown sugar.

Baked Crostini with Cinnamon and Apple

Salad of Haricots Verts, Tomato Tartaare and Chive Oil

This elegant first-course salad from Thomas Keller’s The French Laundry Cookbook combines crisp-tender haricots verts with intensely flavored tomato tartare, red wine vinegar cream, frisée, chive oil and a finishing dusting of tomato powder. 

Salad of Haricot Verts, Tomato Tartaare and Chive oil

Home Made Red Enchilada Sauce

 This is an excellent sauce to use on tacos and especially good for making enchiladas.

Home Made Red Enchilada Sauce

Lemony Garlic Chicken with Parmesan Bow-tie Pasta

Tender chicken in a bright, flavorful sauce of fresh lemon and garlic, finished with Parmesan and served with bow-tie pasta. It’s a simple, satisfying dish with a nice balance of citrus, garlic and savory Parmesan.

Lemony Garlic Chicken with Parmesan Bow-tie Pasta