Thai Buffalo Wings

Holiday Ham Pot Pies

These magnificent holiday ham pot pies feature a user-friendly, buttery, ancient hot water pastry crust, which is both sturdy and tender, and often functioned as an edible napkin for a hand-held pie. You can use leftover ham or ham purchased just for the recipe. Four 7-ounce ramekins are the perfect size for these pot pies.

Italian-Style Mushrooms and Spinach

Sautéed spinach and mushrooms with onion, garlic, balsamic vinegar, and white wine. This tasty vegetable side dish is a typical recipe of Southern Italy, specifically Apulia.

Best Benedictine Spread

Benedictine spread is a refreshing green cucumber cream cheese spread or dip that's a Louisville staple. It can be served with almost anything you could imagine. Dipping club crackers, pretzels, and carrot sticks are favorites, but we use it for cucumber sandwiches, spread it onto our BLTs, and as a sauce on poached salmon.

Italian Breaded Pork Chops

These breaded pork chops are from my father's side of the family which is Sicilian. We've been making these pork chops for at least 3 generations. My husband frequently requests these over my marinated and grilled pork chops when I give him a choice.

Ginataang Manok (Chicken Cooked in Coconut Milk)

This ginataang manok is a Filipino chicken dish flavored with ginger and coconut milk. Each family has their own version; this is my mother's. It's a rich dish that makes your kitchen smell so wonderful! Once my family smells the ginger frying and coconut milk simmering, they can't wait for it to be done so they can dig in. I salt it liberally, as the coconut milk tends to hide the salt flavor.