Recipes

You might call this Cajun shrimp and sausage sheet pan dinner a shrimp boil without the water, or maybe a gumbo without the roux. With so many vegetables, a simple green salad will complete this dinner nicely, along with some crusty French bread.

Oktoberfest is a wonderful time of year, and I made these appetizers to highlight what reminds me of Königsberger Klopse, dressed up with Black Forest speck. If you can't find speck (a German dry cured bacon), prosciutto is the next closest substitute. Feel free to serve with senf (German mustard) und weissbier (wheat beer). Prost!

This caramel cod is a twist on Vietnamese caramel chicken. Chicken is lightly floured and pan-fried; honey, soy sauce, and rice vinegar create the caramel pan sauce. It’s quick to make, too! It’s delicious served with roasted broccoli and soba noodles.

Serve these hand-held biscuit cups as a snack for game day, or as an easy family main dish.

For Chef John's roasted rhubarb salmon, thick-cut salmon fillets are topped with a tangy, citrusy rhubarb sauce and roasted in the oven. The result are perfectly cooked, perfectly moist salmon filets.

Wontons with a turkey, cranberry, and almond filling.