Recipe

America’s fascination with pasta salads has taken us a long way from the original macaroni salad. In the last few decades’ pasta salads have become colorful and fresh, relying on vinaigrettes and an array of seasonal vegetables, cheeses, meats, poultry and seafood to...

While I’m usually more than satisfied to enjoy a handful of bright red cherries or bite into a juicy white peach, with its rosy-hued flesh, sometimes I want to step it up with a baked dessert. One of my favorite summer desserts is a French-style pudding. This giant...

When I travel, I try and find recommendations for great restaurants. On a recent trip to Venice, I visited a suggested trattoria that serves an amazing lemon pasta dish. It wasn’t on the menu that day, but I asked if the chef could prepare it for me. When it arrived,...