Grilled Stemple Creek Ranch steaks

Grilled Stemple Creek Ranch steaks
Salad with nectarines, cucumbers, slivered almonds, and goat cheese
Roast sweet potatoes with honey glaze
Vanilla ice cream cherries and chocolate chunks

Made by... Norbert and me (steaks); Maxime, Anja, and Maxime (ice cream)

Macaroni and cheese

Macaroni and cheese
Pan-steamed broccoli

Made by... Maxime and me (broccoli)

Turkey tacos

Turkey tacos
Salad with tangerine, cucumber, peas, red onion, and feta

Regular: turkey tacos

Djaj Mqualli — chicken with preserved lemon and olives

Djaj Mqualli — chicken with preserved lemon and olives
Pan roasted baby artichokes
Solange's twice-fried plantains
Rice

New: Djaj Mqualli — chicken with preserved lemon and olives (by Claudia Roden, The New Book of Middle Eastern Food. New York: Knopf, 2009)

Chreime: North African hot fish stew

Chreime: North African hot fish stew
Sautéed spinach with garlic
Rice

New: chreime: North African hot fish stew (by Janna Gur,  The Book of New Israeli Food, Schocken Books, New York, 2007)

Southern barbecued pork on a bun

Southern barbecued pork on a bun
Cole slaw
Lemon ice cream profiteroles

New: dark and soft "chain restaurant" dinner rolls (http://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/dark-and-soft-chain-restaurant-dinner-rolls-recipe#); lemon ice cream (Gourmet, June 1993, on epicurious.com)

Dirty rice

Dirty rice
Sautéed lacinato kale with bacon

Pizzas

Pizzas
 ... with pepperoni, black olives, and green bell pepper; or ham and pineapple
Caesar salad

Made by... Norbert (salad), Maxime (pepperoni)

Regular: pizzas

Pasta with cannellini, sage, and bacon soup

Pasta with cannellini, sage, and bacon soup
Caesar salad

Made by... Anja and Maxime (all)

(Almost) My mother's chicken curry

(Almost) My mother's chicken curry
Gailan with oyster-soy sauce
Rice

Hot and sour seared tofu with sugar snap peas

Hot and sour seared tofu with sugar snap peas
Sautéed green cabbage and leeks
Rice

New: hot and sour seared tofu with sugar snap peas (by Melissa Clark, The New York Times, May 28, 2013)

Pan-cooked ling cod with lemon, green olives, and capers

Pan-cooked ling cod with lemon, green olives, and capers
Toasted cauliflower with onions
Black, brown, and white rice pilaf with leeks

New: pan-cooked ling cod with lemon, green olives, and capers (based on "Pan-cooked fish with preserved lemon, green olives, and capers," in Claudia Roden, The New Book of Middle Eastern Food. New York: Knopf, 2009)

Pure cut chicken

Pure cut chicken
 ...with ginger-scallion sauce
Stir-fried bok choy with shiitake mushrooms
Rice

Grilled shichimi spiced duck breast

Happy Father's Day (Again)!

Grilled shichimi spiced duck breast
 ...with noodles and bok choy in soup
Appelsneetje

Dinner @ Vanessa's Bistro

Happy Father's Day!

Dinner @ Vanessa's Bistro (Berkeley, CA)

Dinner @ the Zlokapas

Farewell dinner for the Liews

Dinner @ the Zlokapas with the Liews

Contributed grilled eggplant salad with warm pita bread, and Provençal zucchini and Swiss chard tart

New: Provençal zucchini and Swiss chard tart (by Martha Rose Shulman, in The New York Times, June 24, 2009)

Stemple Creek Ranch beef burgers

Stemple Creek Ranch beef burgers
 ...with fixings: avocado, tomatoes, sautéed onions, or sautéed crimini mushrooms
Salad with sugar snaps, bell peppers, and feta

Regular: burgers

Maple pork and beans

Maple pork and beans
Green beans and carrots
Whole wheat focaccia

Redux

Redux: baked pasta with turkey meatballs
Salad with white nectarines, cucumbers, walnuts, and feta cheese

Sweet miso cod

Sweet miso cod
Glazed turnips
Rice

Thai tofu with broccoli and coconut rice

Thai tofu with broccoli and coconut rice

Turkey pot pie

Turkey pot pie
Caesar salad

Baked pasta with turkey meatballs

Baked pasta with turkey meatballs
Sautéed lacinato kale with onions and bacon

(Almost) My mother's lamb curry

(Almost) My mother's lamb curry
Sautéed sugar snaps, bell peppers, and onion
Rice

Chicken with fresh ginger

Chicken with fresh ginger
Gailan with oyster-soy sauce
Stir-fried Nappa cabbage
Rice

Black bean tart

Black bean tart
Salad with orange, red bell pepper, cucumber, and feta

Regular: black bean tart

Cioppino

Cioppino
Romano beans
Corn
No-knead bread

Redux

Redux
 ...Oven-braised beef with tomato sauce and pearl onions
 ...Mixed greens galette with onions and chickpeas
Warm cabbage salad with apples and walnuts

Oven-braised beef with tomato sauce and pearl onions

Oven-braised beef with tomato sauce and pearl onions
Mixed greens galette with onions and chickpeas

New: mixed greens galette with onions and chickpeas by Martha Rose Shulman, in The New York Times, February 18, 2013)

Gnocchi a la Greque

Gnocchi a la Greque
Warm cabbage salad with apples and walnuts