Blood orange and prosecco cocktail, in a coupe glass, on a small tray.
Brian Woodcock
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Blood Orange and Prosecco Cocktail

This cocktail is the perfect way to begin a romantic dinner for two: a simple combination of blood orange nectar, St. Germain elderflower liqueur, and prosecco. Serving it in a coupe is a more elegant, unexpected alternative to a Champagne flute, but a flute would work just as well.
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Endive Roquefort salad in a blue speckled bowl, garnished with walnuts.
Con Poulos
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Endive Roquefort Salad

This endive Roquefort salad is simple, satiating, and sophisticated, thanks to its balance of tastes and textures from endive, blue cheese, caramelized walnuts, grapes, radishes, and Dijon.
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A copper saucepan filled with mussels in a creamy white wine garlic sauce with lemons.
Clair Irwin
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Mussels in a Creamy White Wine Garlic Sauce

Mussels in a creamy white wine garlic sauce is such a quick dish, you almost won't believe that something so devastatingly delish is faster than takeout. Mussels, white wine, cream, lemon, and garlic are just about all it takes.
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A torn loaf of focaccia with herbs and salt and sprigs of rosemary, a knife, and a hunk of pecorino on the side.
Ryan Szulc
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Focaccia

If you want to fill your kitchen with the smell of fresh-baked bread but you're nervous about shaping a boule or working with a starter, focaccia is the best place to begin.
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A whole chocolate meringue mousse cake with one slice cut from it.
Malou Burger
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Chocolate Meringue Mousse Cake

This cake is neither too sweet nor too rich, with a deeply chocolatey mousse-like center, beneath a thin crackly layer of cocoa-dusted meringue. What’s not to love?
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About David Leite

I count myself lucky to have received three James Beard Awards for my writing as well as for Leite’s Culinaria. My work has also appeared in The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Saveur, Bon Appétit, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Yankee, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, and more.


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