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While the chops are cooking, work on the Wilted Spinach with Garlic Chips, opposite.

This is salmon with some soul. It’s groovy.

Better than burritos and tacos, these wraps have crunch and the lettuce lets the flavors of the fillings shine through.

This one is for Howard Stern. Howard loves the ground turkey. Here ya go, baby!

This dish is what I call a “Retro Metro.” Back in the day, Chicken Divan—poultry, poulet sauce, broccoli, and mushrooms—was a continental cuisine staple. As a special treat, my mom would take me to NYC to the Magic Pan for Chicken Divan Crepes. This is an easy cosmopolitan update on the classic. The broccoli is swapped out for asparagus and the preparation time is reduced. Enjoy!

I often throw holiday parties with a casual theme. This dish was the centerpiece of a holiday-style Make Your Own Take-out gathering. You will never find anything like this delivered to your door in a brown paper sack, but if you do a little bit of chopping you’ll be famous for many holidays to come. P.S. Don’t wait for a holiday to make it.

Easier than lasagna, because it’s not lasagna, this pasta, meat sauce, and ricotta toss-up is just as hearty and comforting as the layered Italian fave, but it’s ready in a fraction of the time and with much less effort. Serve with a simple green salad dressed with oil and vinegar.

For me, this is chicken and rice recipe number 14,655. And for you?

The French are notorious for their stuffy and particular attitudes . . . especially when it comes to food, but they’ve got nothing on the Sicilians. It takes a Sicilian ’tude to think one could improve on a French classic, especially in 30 minutes. Well, this Sicilian says “Bring it on.”

This is my chicken and rice recipe number 14,654. But, this one is as colorful as it is flavorful!

This one reminds me of the California surfer scene. It’s a way-cool mega-rito, dude!