The Chesson's red beans and rice

The Chesson's red beans and rice
Sautéed white zucchini with lemon, onions, and garlic

Mapo tofu

Mapo tofu
Gailan with oyster-soy sauce
Rice

Pan-fried tilapia fillets dusted with corn meal

Pan-fried tilapia fillets dusted with corn meal
Oven-roasted yam and potato fries
Spinach salad with beets, orange, and feta cheese
Quinoa with caramelized red onions and salt-packed capers

New: quinoa with caramelized red onions and salt-packed capers (by Brenda Quan, Aerial's mom)

Black bean tart

Black bean tart
Blanched Cabbage

Regular: black bean tart

Fresh pasta with red sauce

Fresh pasta with red sauce
Salad

Made by... Norbert (all)

Dinner @ Rikyu

Maxime's choice: birthday week

Dinner @ Rikyu (Oakland, CA)

(Almost) My mother's beef curry

(Almost) My mother's beef curry
Stir-fried Nappa cabbage with leeks
Rice

Mexican pasta

Maxime's choice: birthday week

Mexican pasta
Sautéed Swiss chard and beet greens

Pasta with cannellini, bacon, and sage soup

Maxime's choice: birthday week

Pasta with cannellini, bacon, and sage soup
Brussels sprouts in cream

Made by... Norbert and me (all)

Pork clay pot

Maxime's choice: birthday week

Pork clay pot
Salad with blood oranges, dried cranberries, and pepitas
Rice

Stemple Creek Ranch steak

Maxime's choice: birthday week

Stemple Creek Ranch steak
Caesar salad
Mashed potatoes
Ice cream cake

Turkey tacos

Turkey tacos
Redux: cole slaw

Regular: tacos

Take out

Maxime's choice: birthday week

Take out
... from Brick Pig's House (Oakland, CA)
Potatoes and green beans with vinaigrette
Cole slaw

Pure-cut chicken with ginger-scallion sauce

Happy Lunar New Year!

Pure-cut chicken with ginger-scallion sauce
Spring rolls
Gailan with oyster-soy sauce
Rice

Chicken pot pie

Happy Valentine's Day!

Chicken pot pie
Sautéed broccolini
Molten chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream

Happy Union Noodles

Happy Lunar New Year!

Happy Union Noodles
Shrimp and pork potstickers

Oven-steamed whole striped sea bass

Happy Lunar New Year!

Oven-steamed whole striped sea bass
Winter melon and spinach soup
Rice

Pizzas

Pizzas
... with pepperoni and green bell peppers, or turkey Italian sausage and Kalamata olives
Salad with apples, dried cranberries, and almonds

Happy Lunar New Year!
Nian2Gao1 (Sticky rice cake)

Regular: pizza

Tofu fu yung soup

Happy Lunar New Year!

Tofu fu yung soup
Redux: velvet chicken
Pan steamed broccoli
Rice

New: tofu fu yung soup (based on, "Chicken Fu Yung Soup," in Mai Leung, Classic Chinese Cookbook, 1987)

Wontons and noodles with baby spinach in soup

Happy Lunar New Year!

Wontons and noodles with baby spinach in soup
Velvet chicken

(Almost) My mother's chicken curry

(Almost) My mother's chicken curry
Stir-fried bok choy with shiitake mushrooms
Rice

Barbecue pork ribs

Barbecue pork ribs
Potatoes and green beans with vinaigrette

New: barbecue pork ribs (Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann, Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook. Boston, MA: Harvard Common Press, 2005); potatoes and green beans with vinaigrette (based on "Potatoes and Haricots Verts with Vinaigrette," in Gourmet, June 2005)

Thai-style red curry with chicken

Thai-style red curry with chicken
Rice

Swordfish in spicy tomato sauce

Swordfish in spicy tomato sauce
Sautéed Swiss chard with pepitas
Rice pilaf *

Claypot chicken with lap cheong

Claypot chicken with lap cheong
Stir-fried Nappa cabbage
Rice

Pasta with white beans and sage

Pasta with white beans and sage
Salad with tangerine, avocado, and pepitas

Made by... Anja and me (salad)

Redux: brunch and hamburgers

Redux:  brunch and Stemple Creek Ranch beef hamburgers
brunch with... Lihbin Shiao and kids

Cheese and sausage breakfast casserole
Cheddar, bacon, and scallion biscuits
Spinach salad with oranges and almonds
Carrot soup with ginger and lemon
Blueberry pudding cake

Made by: Norbert and me (salad), Maxime and me (soup)

New: Carrot soup with ginger and lemon (Bon Appétit, June 1997, on epicurious.com); cheddar, bacon, and scallion biscuits (based on "cheddar, bacon, and fresh chive biscuits ," in Bon Appétit, June 1997, on epicurious.com); cheese and sausage breakfast casserole (Bon Appétit, April 1990, on epicurious.com); spinach salad with oranges and almonds (Bon Appétit, April 2002, on epicurious.com)

Stemple Creek Ranch beef burgers

Stemple Creek Ranch beef burgers
Salad with pears, dried cranberries, and hazelnuts

Made by... Anja (salad)

Regular: burgers