Shrimp and Spinach Gratin by Patrick Travis

This recipe is one I created when I could not find the main ingredient for a main dish I planed. I had most of the other ingredients so I improvised, changed a bit of this and substituted a bit of that.... The result was this delicious casserole. It's a one dish meal and very easy to prepare. If you like spicier food, add some…

Gnocchi ai funghi (Potato Gnocchi with Mushroom Cream Sauce) by Frank Fariello

The Romans out there will know that Thursdays in Rome (and perhaps in the rest of Italy) is gnocchi day. After ten years in Rome, I've gotten into the habit and in our house we still often eat gnocchi on Thursdays. In the Fall and Winter, I…

Salmon with Salmoriglio Sauce by jodie morgan

A wonderfully light and flavorful dish perfect for a spring day or a day you wish was springlike.

Tagliatelle with Radicchio and Speck by Carmelita

A tasty pasta dish that is so quick and simple to prepare! Speck is a very lightly smoked ham made in North East Italy - you can substitute pancetta if you can't get it.

Seafood Paella by Debi Shawcross

Yorkie Beef Pudding by Micheline

This easy to prepare English style inspired yorkshire pudding dish is elegant enough to serve when you have guests as well as for a weeknight dinner.

Flame Grilled Mozambiquen Peri Peri Chicken by Peter Brown

The best Portuguese style flame grilled chicken perfected in Mozambique on many fishing trips. It is a lot of hard work but fun and well worth the effort . Once tried it will become a firm favourite as a BBQ (BRAAI) The secret is in the way it is cooked. Its thirsty work so have plenty of beer on hand for the chef

Meat-filled Dinner Pastries by Wendi Taylor

Delicious biscuit dough pastries stuffed with a hearty blend of ground beef, vegetables, potatoes, and seasonings. Recipe makes six large entree pastries. To make appetizers, divide the dough into smaller portions in step two (makes 12 - 18 appetizers).

Stuffed Cabbage ( Golabki) by Therese

A Polish dish consisting of ground meat and rice mixture wrapped in boiled cabbage leaves and then topped with a tomato sauce and baked in the oven

Cavatappi pasta with salmon crab surimi by Easy Cook - Laka kuharica

Super easy, super quick and irresistible.

DUCK WELLINGTON by Cecelia Heer

This is a take on the classic Beef Wellington which is typically a preparation of filet steak coated with pate' and duxelles (finely minced mushrooms and herbs sautéed in butter and reduced to a paste) then wrapped in puff pastry and baked. Some recipes include wrapping the coated meat in a crepe. Since the term Wellington is…

Eggplant Lasagna by Terri Jordan

The first time I made this dish, I was told "You can make this dish for me anytime!" This dish is even better warmed up the next day!

Grilled Niman Ranch Sirloin Steak with Tapenade, Roasted New Potatoes and Baby Leeks by Michael Leviton

Cottage Pie by Reeni

This is a classic English one-dish meal that's layered in a casserole: beef first, followed by peas and corn, and then buttery garlic carrot mashed potatoes dolloped over top for the crust.

Baccala' e ceci by Frank Fariello

Everyone knows that Friday is fish day for Catholics (even for some lapsed Catholics like myself). A traditional Friday dish in Rome is baccala' e ceci, salted cod fish with chick peas. (I love fried baccala', and there was a well-known place on via dei Giubbonari, close to our apartment, called Filetti di Baccala' that I loved to go…