DAY Recipe

Makes 4 servings.

INGREDIENTS
6tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter, room temperature
3 1/2tablespoons crumbled gorgonzola cheese (about1 1/2 ounces)
3tablespoons minced shallots
2teaspoons chopped fresh chives48- to 10-ounce rib-eye steaks (each about 3/4 inch thick)
DIRECTIONS
Using fork, mix 4 tablespoons butter, Gorgonzola cheese, shallots and [...]

“For our anniversary, my husband and I went to Fiddle Heads in nearby Buffalo — a restaurant that’s always our first choice for special occasions,” says Noreen Flynn of Kenmore, New York. “The chicken with mashed potatoes and greens I had last time was terrific; it would even be good enough to serve to guests [...]

Midweek suggestions are thick-cut fries, sautéed mushrooms and peppermint-stick ice cream. For a touch of glamour, begin with Champagne and caviar, offer roasted potatoes and spinach soufflé with the steak, and have chocolate truffles afterward.

Makes 2 servings; can be [...]

INGREDIENTS

4 salmon fillets
salt and pepper
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 shallots , finely chopped
4 tablespoons fresh tarragon , chopped
6 ounces whipping cream
3 tablespoons fresh parsley , chopped
lemon wedges , to serve

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Season salmon on both sides with salt and pepper.

Heat oil in a frying pan until fairly hot.

Add salmon flesh side down, and fry quickly for about 3 minutes until lightly browned.Turn over and fry skin side for 2 [...]

Quick, light, delicious — a spring supper in thirty minutes, including chopping
and peeling. I added a little pasta to the pan stew to give it substance. You
want the scallop and pea flavors to dominate, so make sure the pasta shells
are thin not thick. (Names, sizes, and thickness vary from brand to brand.)
And you want shells, [...]