"Really tastes like pizza!"

This 3-ingredient potato soup is a shortcut recipe, perfect for Sunday prep for weekday lunches. Using O’Brien potatoes with onion and bell pepper means lots of flavor with no chopping. Top with leftover crumbled bacon, chives, or cheese.

Typically sweet vanilla adds surprising depth to this creamy lobster bisque.

There's nothing like a juicy pork al pastor sandwich, especially because it is inspired by a famous taco. Maybe it's the brine, or that I'm just easily satisfied, but it's been my experience that if you simply season aggressively and cook the meat over smoky coals up to a certain temp, you'll be rewarded with tender, moist, and very flavorful meat. Slather it with the grilled pineapple salsa for the full "al pastor" experience.

The idea for these grilled game hens is borrowed from my highly successful Cornell chicken experiments, and uses a similar acid/salt/oil/egg concoction. This time the part of egg is played by mayo. Needless to say, you can season this a million ways and use any combination of hot chilies, but the little kick the habanero adds is really nice.

This quick and easy no-chop chicken and wild rice soup is for those weeks when you have neither the time or energy to pull off a soup with freshly-chopped ingredients. This is my big batch go-to for Sunday weekly lunch prep.

Al Pastor is a really popular way to prepare pork, famous in San Francisco's Mission District. It's a marinated roast pork. They make the most incredible tacos and burritos. This is inspired by those flavors.

This creamy sausage tortellini soup is loaded with hot Italian sausage and veggies. It’s a comforting full meal with a side salad and some crusty bread.

This is a traditional arrachera recipe, which is a thinly sliced skirt steak with seasonings. The longer it marinates, the more robust the flavor will be. Heat tortillas on the grill or in the microwave. Serve the arrachera with warmed tortillas and your favorite taco toppings, such as onion, cilantro, hot sauce, lettuce, cheese, and more.