Crispy, pan roasted fish is coated with a spicy rub and topped with a cool, refreshing, tropical fruit salsa.

We celebrated Valentine’s Day a day late, at home, with a dinner worthy of the best date-night steak house: a smoked salmon starter, filet mignon with broccoli, and a rich, dark, chocolate cherry cake for dessert.

Chocolate Cherry Cake is an old family favorite that’s been given a makeover. This new version, made from scratch, is packed with juicy cherries and draped with a thick layer of shiny dark chocolate glaze.

This incredibly easy appetizer is surprisingly sophisticated, and will tease your tongue with its contrasts, from crunchy chips to creamy sauce to velvety-soft smoked salmon.

Perfect steaks don’t need any sauce or embellishment, just salt and pepper and this fool-proof technique for achieving a charred crust and juicy center.

I’ve updated my husband’s childhood favorite no-bake cheesecake with an extra creamy filling, and a syrupy, almond-scented blueberry topping.

The best part of this rare, warm mid-winter weekend was the walk on the beach; runner-up was Saturday night’s elegant dinner of prosciutto-wrapped, cognac-drenched shrimp and a tart of fresh raspberries cradled in chocolate cookies and cream.

This easy but spectacular raspberry tart has a bittersweet chocolate cookie crust, lighter-than-air raspberry cream filling, and the tart tang of fresh raspberries drizzled with a thick, glossy, raspberry glaze.

These plump, juicy prosciutto wrapped shrimp are bursting with complex, smoky flavors. Salty crispy prosciutto, earthy rosemary, and a dark, sweet cognac sauce that’s almost butterscotch-like in its richness.

The first Saturday of the Christmas season and we were savoring the season’s first snowfall, and cooking a buttery seafood casserole for a festive dinner for two.