More than just French stew, Provencale Daube is a classic preparation rooted in geography. For a weekend dinner, make a day ahead for deeper beef flavor.

A favorite holiday dish, beef Wellington is beef fillet is slathered with pate, covered in a dice of mushrooms, wrapped in puff pastry, and baked.

Moroccan comfort food. Lamb meatballs are served in a rich cinnamon-flavored tomato sauce in which eggs are poached in the final few minutes of cooking.