Broiled swordfish steaks topped with a lemon, oregano, and sweet red pepper sauce. Cooked over white wine for a bright, Mediterranean-style seafood dinner.
Hearty vegetarian lima bean stew with fresh fennel, mushrooms, and white wine creates a rustic Mediterranean one-pot meal.
Pan-fried fish in seasoned flour with a sharp rosemary, garlic, and white wine vinegar pan sauce. A Greek-style fish dish with bright, piquant flavors built right in the skillet.
Fresh cherry sauce simmered with white wine and lemon juice, pureed smooth, then studded with whole cherries. Nutmeg and cayenne add quiet warmth. A make-ahead sauce for pork, duck, or game.
Sweet caramelized onions in white wine-spiked beef broth topped with melted Swiss and Parmesan create a restaurant-worthy soup that's easier than it looks.
Chicken Veronique sautés boneless breasts in butter with mushrooms, scallions, and white wine, then finishes in a silky cream sauce studded with seedless grapes. A classic French bistro dish that feels fancy but cooks in one skillet.
Green chili con carne with cubed pork loin braised in tomatillos, fresh green chilis, cumin, and white wine in a pressure cooker. A New Mexican-style green pork stew.
Red snapper baked en papillote with a creamy green peppercorn pan sauce. A bistro-style fish dinner with tender flaky fillets and a peppery wine cream that takes 30 minutes start to finish.
Greek mushroom salad: button mushrooms simmered in olive oil, white wine, and lemon with bay, thyme, coriander, and fennel seed. A meze-style cold mushroom salad served the Mediterranean way.
Greek lobster plaki simmered in tomato sauce with saffron, white wine, fennel, orange juice, and fresh herbs. A luxurious Mediterranean seafood dish served over saffron rice.
This cinnamon-orange marinade, characteristic of Balkan cooking, is a specialty of Georgia in south-central Russia.The tabaka marinade is usually used with chicken and game hen, but it also goes nicely with swordfish.
Salmon stuffed with arugula, garlic, honey-glazed carrot, and red currants, basted with white wine and finished with a crisp schmaltz-fried skin. A peppery, sweet-tart centerpiece fish dish worth the extra prep.
Hearty roasted vegetable soup with eggplant, zucchini, sweet potatoes, peppers, leeks, and three kinds of beans in herb-infused vegetable broth. A vegan, high-fiber dinner soup.
Braised pork chops with a brown sugar, Dijon mustard, and dill glaze, topped with lemon slices and simmered in white wine. A one-skillet dinner with bold flavor.
Scampi-style chicken thighs: boneless skinless thighs marinated in lemon juice and broiled fast with a garlic-parsley-white wine baste. Light, bright, weeknight chicken in under 30 minutes.
Open-faced sandwiches piled with sliced ham and chicken, smothered in a velvety cream sauce enriched with white wine and egg yolks, then broiled under a blanket of Parmesan until golden. Elegant comfort food in 20 minutes.