Recipes By Florence Fabricant
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Braised Fish And Napa Cabbage With Chilies

Turkish Red Lentil Soup

Fettuccine With Pumpkin And Mushrooms

Party Picadillo
With some Douros as cheap as a pizza, and just as bold, I'd think of them as party wines, to serve to a crowd fortified with big sandwiches, wings and meaty casseroles. Even at the high end, most are not wines to contemplate but to quaff with slabs of seared red meat. But if you choose budget bottles, here's a dish that will not break the bank, either. Well-seasoned picadillo, a versatile, richly seasoned ground-meat dish from Latin America, is typically served with rice and beans, but it can also be ladled over pasta, used to fill tortillas or sloppy Joes or baked in a casserole with a potato topping. Since it will be in the company of bland carbs, you can spice it generously. The wines won't balk at that.

Cherry-Berry Cobbler

Florence Fabricant's Lobster Fra Diavolo
“Lobster Fra Diavolo, lobster in a spicy tomato sauce with linguine, ‘brother devil’ style, sounds Italian, tastes Italian and is a staple in Italian restaurants. But is it Italian?” Florence Fabricant set out to find out in a 1996 column. She spoke to a number of experts on Italian food, but came away with few answers. Some insisted it was an Italian-American dish, with roots in New York, specifically Long Island or Little Italy, while others pointed to Naples. She included this recipe, adapted from “Lobster at Home” by Jasper White, the executive chef of the Legal Sea Foods chain. His version is served on bread, but this adaptation is served on pasta.

Cornmeal Biscuit Dough

Grilled Halibut With Indian Spices and Corn Relish
Here, a fragrant combination of ground cumin, turmeric, coriander and fennel seed is rubbed all over fresh halibut steaks (Pacific salmon, wild striped bass and hake also work well here). The steaks are then left to marinate for a few hours in the refrigerator before grilling. The cooked fish is topped with a quick relish made of fresh corn, ginger, onion, cilantro and a bit of the spice mixture that's been sautéed in clarified butter. It's an unexpected yet extraordinary way to prepare fish that might just win over the self-proclaimed seafood-haters at the table.

Pear and Parmesan Salad

Cranberry-Pecan Cobbler
This recipe came to The Times in a 1999 article by Florence Fabricant in which she argued for replacing the ubiquitous Thanksgiving pie with a cobbler. Why? The pastry stays crisp, there's a greater fruit-to-crust ratio and perhaps most importantly, it's easier. Here, two Thanksgiving favorites – cranberries and pecans – are piled into a baking dish, topped with cornmeal biscuits then baked until golden. (This can be made early in the day and reheated to serve warm. Or it can be frozen, then defrosted and warmed, but is best if not refrigerated overnight.)

Two-Crust Pumpkin Pie

Grilled Chicken With Garlic and Parsley

Mixed Berry Cobbler

Richard Krause's Crisp Grilled Chicken With Grilled Tomato Sauce

Asparagus With Goat Cheese Dressing

Apricot-Blackberry Cobbler

Pumpkin-Apple Cobbler

Pear and Raisin Cobbler

Quick Black Bean Salad

Chicken Braised With Grapes
This chicken casserole is simple to prepare, yet stunning and a trifle unusual to serve. The addition of whole clusters of seedless grapes elevates it from easy everyday to dinner-party material. I based it on two recipes: the memory of a chicken dish that I ate many years ago in Toulouse, France, and the classic poulet au vinaigre, or chicken in vinegar sauce. A mellow, aged sherry vinegar and a high-quality balsamic complement the grapes. I prefer a 15-year-old balsamic, which replaces the smidgen of tomato that is often included in poulet au vinaigre. One final tip: Be sure the grapes you select — and they can be black or green instead of red — are sweet and have green stems, an indication of freshness.

New Potato Salad With Sun-Dried Tomatoes

Penne With Peppers And Cream

Fillet of Beef With Smoked Paprika Butter and Shishito Peppers
