Comfort food, Mexican-style.

On these late-fall evenings when it gets dark at 5:00, I want something for dinner that’s easy, spicy and comforting. Mexican chilaquiles is the perfect dish.

The Clara Project: classic chicken croquettes.

This classic recipe for chicken croquettes is not at all fussy or difficult, and the results are fantastic: flavorful, crunchy and super family-friendly.

The Clara Project: classic French salad dressing recipe.

If you think French dressing is a sweet, ketchupy mess, think again. This recipe for classic French dressing is simple, flavorful and perfect on a light green salad.

Pasta with shrimp and vegetables.

The joy of cooking when you’re on vacation lies in using local ingredients and preparing them without fuss. This shrimp pasta recipe is a great example of vacation cooking.

Spaghetti squash with chard and ricotta cream.

This wonderful fall recipe combines spaghetti squash with Swiss chard and creamy ricotta cheese, with unexpectedly delicious results.

Spaghetti squash with corn and toasted garlic.

Rob and I totally “mmmmmm”ed over this dish of spaghetti squash with buttery corn and toasted garlic when we had it for dinner recently.

A picnic in white.

Thanks to our connections at Edible Ohio Valley magazine, Rob and I managed an invitation to a unique dinner party in Cincinnati on Saturday. I was super grouchy about it. Dîner en Blanc began as a …

Farro risotto with summer corn.

We love LOVE risotto. Love making it, love eating it. Risotto has reputation of being kind of a pain in the tuchus to make, what with all the constant stirring. It takes awhile to bubble and …