Table of Contents; Foreword; Breakfast; Maple Oat Bread; K C Baking Powder Biscuits; Joan Rivers' Toast; Spoon Cornbread; Kuchen (German Coffee Cake); Cherry-Orange Loaf Cake; Pancake Soufflé; Appetizers; Christmas Morning Cheese Stuff; Mess Hall Dip; Nutty Cheese Roll; Mexican Pinwheels; Fried Chicken Wings; Bruschetta Artichokes; Dabney's Cucumber Dip; Peperoni in Bagna Cauda ( Roasted Peppers in Hot Anchovy Sauce); Crab Cheesecake; Sugar & Spice Baked Shrimp; Soups and Stews; Red Devil; Chicken Soup; West African Peanut Soup with Chicken; Chicken Pickin' Corn Soup

Grant's Green Chile PosoleChili; Competition Chili; Aunt Geraldine McGovern's Irish Stew; Chili; Uncle D's Chili; New Mexican Green Chile & Pork Stew; Main Dishes: Beef; Sawtooth Mountain Pot Roast; The Barbecued Kreskin (AlsoKnown as Burnt Toothpicks); Sloppy Joes; Almost-Homemade Beef Stroganoff; Skinny Italian Spinach Meatballs; Rosie Thibeault's French-Canadian Dynamite; Grilled New York Strip with Poached Egg; Barbecue Brisket of Beef; Cap'n Crunch Meatloaf; The Ultimate Swedish Meatballs; Nana's Meatballs; Barbecue-Glazed Meatloaf; Main Dishes: Poultry; Oven-Baked Herbed Chicken

Cheesy Tomato Basil Chicken BreastsChicken Tetrazzini; Chicken Piccata with Pine Nuts & Capers; Fran's House Chicken; Moroccan Chicken or Tofu with Vegetables; Roast Chicken; Chicken Katsu; Turkey Picadillo; Main Dishes: Seafood; New Orleans-Style Barbecued Shrimp; Wild Rice & Barley with Roasted Tuna Steak; Salmon Baked in Parchment; Baja Fish Tacos; Main Dishes: Vegetable; Mironoff Piroshki; Mrs. Kostyra's Potato Pierogi; Moo Shu Egg; Belgian Endives with Ham & Cheese; Casseroles; Hamburger Casserole; Beef Enchiladas; Baked Spaghetti; Enchiladas; Champion Chicken Casserole

Poppy Seed Chicken CasserolePastas and Rice Dishes; Weenie Linguine; Momma Rosa's Gnocchi; Linguini al a Pesto; Spinach & Goat Cheese Gnocchi with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Pine Nuts, & Lemon; Pop's Pasta; Pasta DeLauro; Linguine with Tomatoes & Basil; Wild Rice & Turkey Hot Dish; Fried Rice with Egg; Risotto; Jollof Rice; Salads; Bombay Chicken Salad; Grandma's Jell-O; Shrimp Tortellini Salad; Lobster Pasta Salad; Grandma Ruth's Shrimp Salad; Thai Tuna Salad; Popeye's Favorite Spinach Salad; Spinach Salad with Bacon Vinaigrette; Glitzy Glady's Potato Salad; Mom's Moroccan Carrot Salad; Sides

Stewed Navy BeansCheese Grits Soufflé; Sweet & Tangy Memphis Barbecue Sauce; Mom's Cranberry-Orange Chutney; Jerusalem Artichoke Gratin; Kale & Sweet Potatoes; Great Grandma Carrie's Squash Casserole; Colorful, Low-Calorie,Curry Cauliflower; Mom's Green Bean Delight; Roasted Brussels Sprouts; Potatoes au Gratin; Mediterranean Stuffed Eggplant or Portobello Mushrooms; Desserts; Carrot Nut Raisin Cookies; Renee's Apple Cake; Mom's Crème de Menthe Cake; The Best & Easiest Chocolate Cake; Marcia Lieberman's Honey Cake; Susie Pryor's Scotch Fudge Cake; Big Gran's Sour Cream Pound Cake

Panforte (Italian Fruit Cake)