Dinner with Friends: Our Recipe Ideas

All recipes and menus for a successful meal with friends

Are you hosting friends and want to show off your cooking skills?! This section will help you rise to the challenge!

The recipes featured here stand out for their flavor, originality, or visual appeal. If you’re unsure of your cooking skills, take a look at the prep time and difficulty level so you can plan ahead.

For example, avoid serving several consecutive dishes that require individual plating.

Enjoy reading and bon appétit!

Provence

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Sanguins Mushroom Stew with Sausages

Every time I make this stew with "sanguins" mushrooms and sausages, it brings back delicious childhood memories... In the fall, we’d go out to pick “sanguins,” another name for the milk cap ...

Brittany

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Sweet Crepes with Lemon and Orange Blossom

Here’s my recipe for easy-to-make sweet crepes, flavored with lemon and orange blossom water. With this recipe, you’ll end up with a fluffy, perfectly fragrant crepe batter. You’ll see—the lemon zest ...

Italy

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Pépé Vizzini's Cannelloni

Here is the recipe for beef and spinach cannelloni that my Italian grandfather used to make for family dinners. Our mouths would water and our eyes would light up when we saw the dish arrive, and ...

Germany

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Potato pancakes

This recipe for potato pancakes is inspired by the famous Rösti, which are very popular in Switzerland and Germany. I found it in the excellent book , which is a real treasure trove of delicious ...

Detox

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Fish in foil packets

Here is my recipe for fish en papillote—delicious and very easy to make. Wrapped in parchment paper, the fish cooks gently in the steam from the vegetables and herbs that accompany it. This keeps it ...

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Radish Green Soup

Here’s my recipe for radish green soup, which my mother always used to make for us—it’s a great idea that’s both delicious and helps reduce food waste. Have you just bought or harvested some ...

Mexico

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My Easy Homemade Guacamole

I adapted this easy, homemade guacamole recipe from the excellent book . For the record, "guacamole" is a Spanish word derived from the Nahuatl word "ahuacatl-mulli," which ...

Ile-de-France

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Easy Rabbit Stew

Here is a very simple recipe for rabbit in gibelotte (sometimes incorrectly spelled "lapin en gibelote"). What is rabbit gibelotte? Gibelotte, which comes from the term "gibelet" ...

Southwest

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Walnut Wine from the Dordogne

Here is the recipe for Dordogne Walnut Wine, just as my dear father passed it down to me.Walnut wine is the quintessential traditional country aperitif. Prepared according to tradition and with ...

Greece

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Pasta with Spinach and Feta

This sauce, the recipe for which is provided below, will delight you with its vibrant Mediterranean colors and flavors, and pairs perfectly with a dish of pasta, tagliatelle, or spaghetti. ...