Katie Workman

You will notice in the photo that there is a small pile of lobster perched atop the pasta. This is not our usual weeknight fare. This is the good fortune of making this dish post-Mother's Day, after we had brought cooked lobsters home for dinner as a treat. Uncharacteristically, there...

You've probably had a lot of chicken pass through your kitchen. You've also probably stood there staring listlessly at that package of chicken breasts, waiting for inspiration to strike. And you've probably all heard your family whine, "Chicken, again?"

Well, yes, chicken again because, grousing aside, it's simply one of...

The weather is getting warmer, and soon soup (or at least hot soup) season will be behind us for the foreseeable months. But I'm ready to let go just yet. Especially because soup is the single most brilliant way to use up what you have in your fridge. And it's...

Sometimes life calls for a filet, a tender, luxurious cut of meat that says "good job, laddie, you deserve a treat." This recipe calls for petite filets, a tidy, juicy shoulder cut of beef. You can often find them for a better price than the big loin filets, and they...

I was looking at a bunch of beautiful string beans that had been waiting patiently for me to decide what to do with them, and I got a weird craving for Nicoise salad. But that day, for that dinner, a salad was already in the works, and an appetizer was...

What's a fork-in-the-road dish? This is the idea that you can separate out some of whatever you are making and make a simpler version for picky eaters, then continue on your merry way and gussy up the rest of the dish with gutsier ingredients, herbs, seasonings, etc. to give it...

When you think meatballs, don't just think Italian. Ground meat is a ridiculously versatile blank canvas for so many kinds of dishes, so many different seasonings. These take on typically Chinese seasonings, and are poached instead of sauteed or baked, resulting in meatballs that are very reminiscent of the inside...

Having a Super Bowl get-together without dip is like watching a movie without popcorn. The point escapes me. This is a rich, hearty dip, almost a main course dip, if you will (and why wouldn't you). The milder version is gentle and creamy, and the zingier version has more chipotles...

Crostini are a pretty brilliant way to use up odds and ends that you might have in your fridge, and it doesn't take much to transform them into an elegant little appetizer. An avocado that's begging to be used (like TODAY) becomes a perfect partner for firm cannellini beans, and...

This is a modern riff on a Greek salad, with sultry, complex flavors, but perfectly straightforward steps. If you roast the tomatoes and lemons earlier in the day, the whole thing comes together quite quickly.

In place of the traditional cucumber, thin ribbons of raw zucchini provide delicate flavor...

My older son loves, loves, loves corn muffins, and it was his suggestion to create a Fork in the Road version with heat, since he also happens to like jalapenos -- as in he orders a side of jalapenos to snack on whenever he is in a place where such...

What's a fork-in-the-road dish? This is the idea that you can separate out some of whatever you are making and make a simpler version for picky eaters, then continue on your merry way and gussy up the rest of the dish with gutsier ingredients, herbs, seasonings, etc. to give it...

What's a fork-in-the-road dish? This is the idea that you can separate out some of whatever you are making and make a simpler version for picky eaters, then continue on your merry way and gussy up the rest of the dish with gutsier ingredients, herbs, seasonings, etc. to give it...

Oh, bologna, you're a cruel, cruel mistress.

There are a large number of foods that once your kids know of their existence, there's no turning back. Anything sugary, of course, and anything in the chip family, gum...and then there's bologna.

It's always some version of the same old...