Pan-fried tilapia fillets dusted with corn meal

Pan-fried tilapia fillets dusted with corn meal
Sauteed sugar snaps, red bell pepper, and onion
Oven-roasted red potatoes

Braised chicken with ginger and wood ears

Braised chicken with ginger and wood ears
Sauteed napa cabbage
Rice

Red lentil soup with lemon

Red lentil soup with lemon
Pan steamed broccoli and carrots
Rice

Turkey-gnocchi soup

Turkey-gnocchi soup with leeks, carrots, and celery

Garden-style cavatappi

with the Tao-Jones family

Spicy tomato soup with crostini
Garden-style cavatappi
Molasses crinkles

Made by... Anja and Audrey (cookies)

Redux: Thanksgiving 2011

Plus:
Mashed potatoes
Glazed hakurei turnips

New: glazed hakurei turnips (Bon Appetit, November 2011, on epicurious.com)

Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving 2011
with Jansen, Airin, and Naemi Ika

Rye crispbread crackers with pepper-dill creme fraiche

Grilled turkey
Butternut squash soup with cider cream
Bourbon sweet potato puree with buttered pecans
Buttermilk fantail rolls
Gravy
Cranberry sauce with dates and orange
Haricots vertes, roasted fennel, and shallots

Chestnut chocolate tart with rum whipped cream, and chocolate ice cream

Made by: Norbert (turkey, gravy, green beans, pepper-dill creme fraiche), Anja and Maxime (ice cream)

New: rye crispbread crackers with pepper-dill creme fraiche (Gourmet, December 2001); butternut squash soup with cider cream (Bon Appetit, November 1998, on epicurious.com); cranberry sauce with dates and orange (Gourmet, November 2008); haricots vertes, roasted fennel, and shallots (Bon Appetit, November 2004, on epicurious.com); chestnut chocolate tart with rum whipped cream (by Melissa Clark, in "For the Sweetest Nuts, Keep the Hammer Ready," in The New York Times, November 9, 2011)

Turkey burgers

Turkey burgers...
with optional fixings (sauteed mushrooms, caramelized onions, avocado, tomato, lettuce)
Salad

Regular: burgers

Poached cod with shiitake

Poached cod with shiitake
Winter melon and spinach soup
Rice

Pasta with caramelized onion, Swiss chard, and garlicky bread crumbs

Pasta with caramelized onion, Swiss chard, and garlicky bread crumbs

(Almost) My mother's lamb curry

(Almost) My mother's lamb curry
Sauteed gobo and carrots
Rice

Turkey and pinto bean chili

Turkey and pinto bean chili
Corn bread crust pizza *
Salad
Pumpkin cheesecake

New: turkey and pinto bean chili (Bon Appetit, November 1999, on epicurious.com)

Roast chicken and zucchini

Roast chicken and zucchini
Oven-fried yam fries

Lentil soup with Italian sausage and escarole

Lentil soup with Italian sausage and escarole
Garlic bread from Semifreddi's ciabatta roll and wheat panini*

Grilled seared tuna

Grilled seared tuna
Beet salad with mandarin oranges on a bed of baby spinach
Rice pilaf *

Turkey taco dinner

Anja's Choice: Birthday Week

Turkey taco dinner
Ceasar salad with croutons

Regular: tacos

Potato and chorizo soup with crunchy kale

Anja's Choice: Birthday Week

Potato and chorizo soup with crunchy kale
Garlic bread

Anja's birthday 2011

Happy birthday, Anja!

Fresh pasta with red sauce
Green beans with toasted walnuts and dried-cherry vinaigrette
Apple pie a la mode
Chocolate dulce de leche bars

Made by... Norbert (pasta), Maxime and me (chocolate dulce de leche bars)

New: chocolate dulce de leche bars (by Shelley Wiseman in Gourmet, July 2008)

Dinner @ Rikyu (Berkeley, CA)

Anja's Choice: Birthday Week

Dinner @ Rikyu (Berkeley, CA)

Pork chops with sauteed apples

Anja's Choice: Birthday Week

Pork chops with sauteed apples
Brussels sprouts with bacon and cream
Focaccia with rosemary or sage

Penne with broccoli rabe and sausage

Anja's Choice: Birthday Week

Penne with broccoli rabe and sausage

Long life noodles

Long life noodles with shrimp, chicken, and baby bok choy
Oven-steamed Tai snapper
Marbled tea eggs

Pasta with cannellini, bacon, and sage soup

Anja's Choice: Birthday Week

Pasta with cannellini, bacon, and sage soup
Steamed broccoli and carrots

Chicken and tofu donburi

Chicken and tofu donburi
Daikon and carrots simmered in donburi sauce
Stir fried bok choy and shiitake mushrooms
Japanese rice noodles

Grilled Stemple Creek Ranch sirloin tip steak

Anja's Choice: Birthday Week

Grilled Stemple Creek Ranch sirloin tip steak
Spinach salad with Bosc pears, cranberries, red onion, and toasted hazelnuts
Mashed potatoes with gravy

Garden-style cavatappi

Garden-style cavatappi

New: garden-style cavatappi (based on garden-style whole wheat pappardelle by Lidia Bastianich in "Pasta Calendar," Food & Wine, January 1992)

Black bean tart

Black bean tart
Salad with asparagus, red onions, and goat cheese

Regular: black bean tart

Chicken drumsticks in mole sauce

Chicken drumsticks in mole sauce
Oven roasted cauliflower
Rice

Slow-baked salmon with lemon and thyme

Slow-baked salmon with lemon and thyme
Pan-fried sand dabs
Sauteed zucchini
Cornbread

Green gruel with eyeballs

Happy day after Halloween!

Green gruel with eyeballs
Aidell's chicken & apple mini sausages*
Garlic bread from Semifreddi's ciabatta roll and wheat panini*

New: green gruel with eyeballs (by Matthew Mead, in Matthew Mead's Monster Book of Halloween, October 2009, on epicurious.com)