The Diet Plate Update—A Great Recipe for Ground Lamb

The classic diet plate. I first discovered it when working for an erstwhile department store tearoom in my youth. And I still enjoy one now and then!

Anybody remember the “diet plate”? Comprised of a hamburger patty, cottage cheese, lettuce and tomato slices, and some cardboardy crackers, this was a restaurant mainstay in

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My Summer Red: Valpolicella

Tommasi Rafael Valpolicella. This was really good chilled.

Remember Valpolicella? Don’t turn your nose up so fast! Find a good one, and you’ll have a terrific summer wine that tastes great chilled.

If you were of drinking age in the 80s, chances are, you drank Valpolicella at some point. It was the quintessential

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Best Cherry Clafouti Recipe. Make It Now

If you only make one recipe from my cookbook or website this year, please have it be this easy Cherry Clafouti recipe. It will turn you on to what everyday French cooking is all about: great ingredients, simplicity and lingering pleasures. Which is to say: the effort-to-enjoyment ratio on this is sky-high. And sweet

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