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For a savory and simple dinner, serve this trout with some roasted potatoes and a green salad tossed with pears and crumbled blue cheese.

Green peppercorns can be found packed in brine in the specialty foods section of most large supermarkets.

NORMANDY In Normandy, this richly flavored stew would be served with a composed salad of watercress, shallots, and roasted beets. What to drink: Muscadet, Chablis, or unoaked Chardonnay.

Complete this weeknight "Sunday supper" with traditional fixings like chive-flecked mashed potatoes (don't worry—there's enough gravy for the potatoes, too) and buttered green beans. Baked maple apples would be delicious afterward.

Inspired by Middle Eastern cooking.

Active time: 40 min Start to finish: 1 hr

If you're from the South, you're probably used to collards cooked long and slow. What makes this simple, flavorful Brazilian dish unusual are greens that are finely sliced and barely cooked. Active time: 25 min Start to finish: 25 min

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Marinate chicken a day ahead; after ten-minute broil, the dish is ready.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

For a nice variation, try making this one with Napa cabbage. Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Here's a great drink that is guaranteed to take the chill off a winter day. It's also quite nice with an added splash of brandy or Kahlúa.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. Makes use of the microwave oven.