Seared Duck Breast1/20
An elegant and easy riff on steak au poivre, made not with beef but duck breast cooked to a rosy medium-rare.
Seared Scallops2/20
Seared scallops are perhaps the easiest and most elegant dinner in existence. Here's how to cook them to perfection.
Pasta Puttanesca3/20
Just like the women for whom it's named, this pasta puttanesca recipe is edgy, spicy, and more than a little sassy. Gets the job done in a hurry, too.
Ina Garten's Lemon Chicken with Croutons4/20
If we had to choose just one roast chicken to spend the rest of our lives with, this would be the one.
Lemon and Thyme Risotto5/20
A lilt of lemon and hints of thyme dance throughout this simple risotto. The best they've ever tasted.
Salt and Pepper Rib Eye Steak6/20
Rib eye steak. Salt. Pepper. Flame. And this technique. That's all it takes to create one of the most superlative suppers known to man.
Flounder with Lemon Butter Sauce7/20
Easy, elegant, and exceptionally buttery. Pretty impressive for something that you toss together in less than 15 minutes, wouldn't you agree?
Lamb Chops With Cilantro and Mint Sauce8/20
These lamb chops have a nifty and lovely marinade that doubles as a finishing sauce. Works wonders at putting dinner on the table pronto.
Warm Goat Cheese Salad | Salade au Chèvre Chaud9/20
Baguette slathered with goat cheese and baked to toasty perfection with a can't-mess-it-up vinaigrette and salad. Easy peasy.
Chicken with Mustard | Poulet à la Moutarde10/20
With this recipe, you can assure anyone who asks "Parlez-vous poulet?" that yes, in fact, you do. Quite fluently.
Sole à la Meunière11/20
Classic bistro cooking at its best, sole meuniere maintains a balance between nutty brown butter and the lilt of lemon. A simple dish with a complex taste.
No-Knead 5-Minute Artisan Bread12/20
Um, 5 minutes hands-on time for a loaf of bread? Please. That's nothing. Nothing short of a miracle.
Pan-Seared Foie Gras13/20
This luxe little number with a pan sauce reduction of late-harvest Chardonnay is best reserved for when you truly, madly, deeply love your guests.
Herbed Compound Butter14/20
Nothing says "I love you" like sharing steak swimming in a puddle of melting herb butter. Consider it Cupid's little helper.
Baked Mac and Cheese with Bread Crumbs15/20
Because nothing says love like cheesy pasta magnificence, in particular, this baked macaroni and cheese recipe, which is one of the best we've ever had.
Potato Cake with Cheese and Bacon16/20
Truffade is French for "potato pancake graced by bacon and laden with Cantal or Gruyere cheese." In other words, this.
Easy Mashed Potatoes17/20
Yeah, yeah, we know. You don't need a recipe for mashed Yukon Golds with butter, milk, and salt. Or so you think. Try this and get back to us.
Broccoli Rabe with Balsamic Brown Butter18/20
Think you don't like broccoli rabe? Think again. We defy you to try this butter-blasted kin to broccoli and not be converted.
Nutella Brownies19/20
And, on the seventh day, God created gianduia (zhahn-doo-yah). And the world has been a more glorious place ever since.
Chocolate Mousse20/20
This sophisticated chocolate fix draws on just two ingredients, comes together in minutes, and is satiating beyond belief.