Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- VOLUME 3 -- Contents -- It's Always Five O'Clock Somewhere -- Working Up an Appetite -- A Big Bowl of Soup -- How Many Ways Can You Use Olive Oil & Lemon? -- Too Many Tomatoes -- Fish Tails -- If It Tastes Like Chicken -- Hog Heaven -- Two Steaks Feed Four -- First You Build a Fire -- Eat Your Vegetables -- Berries, Plums, Peaches & Ice Cream -- Why Buy It When You Can Make It? -- Contents -- It's Always Five O'Clock Somewhere -- getting drunk by colman andrews -- negroni -- a straight negroni -- jack manhattan -- Working up an Appetite -- fried zucchini -- beans with sausage and tuna -- mushrooms on toast -- mushroom ragù on polenta -- Eat Your Vegetables -- braised endive -- fennel gratin -- beets with butter and tarragon -- mashed rutabagas with loads of scallions -- roasted red peppers with currants and capers -- Down & Dirty -- pommes anna -- potatoes anna -- rösti -- sister frances' potatoes -- Long & Slow -- serious ragù -- beef with carrots -- lamb shoulder cooked in red wine -- breast of veal braised with chiles -- If It Looks Like, Walks Like, Quacks Like . . . -- roast duck and potatoes -- the love token -- duck with turnips and rice -- duck with apples and onions -- poached duck eggs on bitter greens -- Pears, Apples & Chocolate -- pear sorbet -- apple pie -- chocolate gingerbread -- Holiday Baking -- currant gingersnaps -- shortbread -- pain d'épice -- golden fruitcake -- Thanksgiving -- hot spiked cider -- french cheese puffs -- shrimp and pickled celery -- pumpkin soup with pimentón and preserved lemon -- triple x chicken broth with ricotta ravioli -- neenie's sourdough-sage stuffing -- chestnut stuffing -- roast capon with fettuccine stuffing -- roast turkey -- glazed carrots -- brian's mashed potato trick -- creamed onions -- cranberry port gelée -- ode to cranberry sauce -- sweet potato pie.

agee's pecan pie -- The Holidays -- La Vigilia--Christmas Eve -- whole fish baked on potatoes -- white asparagus with anchovy vinaigrette -- broiled mussels -- poached oysters with lemon -- lobster stew -- brandade -- langoustine lace -- Christmas Dinners -- hot toddy -- milk punch -- the fisherman's wife's gravlax -- roast prime rib of beef -- little yorkshire puddings -- crown roast of pork with corn bread stuffing -- baked apples with savory stuffing -- parsnip purée -- bûche de noël -- Happy New Year -- roger sherman's blini -- cheese straws -- coq au vin -- watercress salad -- grand marnier soufflé -- Hair of the Dog Brunch -- ramos fizz -- bitter greens with sweet grapefruit -- eggs en cocotte -- It's Always Five O'Clock Somewhere -- martini -- half and half -- margarita -- favorite wines -- Working up an Appetite -- niloufer's sucky peas -- martini-soaked stuffed olives -- crab salad with club crackers -- chicken liver pâté -- limas & preserved lemon -- blue cheese and watercress mash -- lemon and sea salt focaccia -- Teatime -- marmalade -- candied orange peel -- dates and buttered wheat crackers -- ham that looks like bacon -- Salads -- hearts of palm and blood orange salad -- chopped raw asparagus and pea salad -- mock caesar -- crunchy winter salad -- radicchio with hard-boiled egg & crisp pancetta -- Soupe du Jour -- french onion soup -- beet, carrot, potato, and butternut squash soups -- watercress soup -- Eat Your Vegetables -- less is more by patricia curtan -- stewy roasted root vegetables -- carrots & butter -- roasted spring onions -- risi e bisi -- Gone Fishing -- trout with pancetta -- steamed fish with a buttery sorrel sauce -- fish cakes -- Birds of a Feather -- confit of duck legs -- chicken with scallion dumplings -- chicken thighs with lemon -- chicken thighs with sherry & mushrooms -- chicken thighs with bacon & olives.

chicken poached in cream -- Big Pot Cooking -- cassoulet -- braised lamb shanks -- chicken poached with ham and oxtails -- Meat -- red stew -- stuffed flank steak -- slow-roasted boneless pork shoulder -- poached filet of beef -- corned beef and cabbage -- corned beef hash with poached eggs -- ham in a pot -- schnitzel and salad -- The Pasta Lesson -- fresh pasta -- cooked fresh sheets of pasta with: -- butternut squash & candied bacon -- brown butter & fried sage -- cannelloni -- Easter Lunch -- pasta primavera -- roast leg of lamb in the oven -- leg of lamb roasted in front of the fire -- artichokes roman style -- a big meringue with "exotic" fruits -- Something Sweet -- roasted rhubarb -- lime curd tart -- dried apricot tart.