Lemon

This recipe is an accompaniment for Caesar Salad with Pepper-Grilled Tuna.

Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 1 1/2 hr

Serve Champagne to add an elegant, light touch to this terrific brunch menu.

Pink grapefruit can be used if you can't find the blood oranges.

This lively salad adds color, flavor and crunch to any grilled main course.

You could also serve it on its own with crackers or bread, or offer it as a relish for grilled chicken or fish. It can be made with black olives as well as with green.

(LOU MIAS AVEC COMPOTE DE CERISES NOIRES) Traditionally, this cake—a Christmas specialty of the town of Séguret in the Vaucluse — is made with goat's milk (look for it in the supermarket dairy case), but feel free to use cow's milk.

For this easy starter, the nonfat yogurt is strained to a thick texture and then combined with oregano, lemon peel and cayenne.

Buttermilk makes the cake tender, and cream cheese adds great texture to the frosting.

The fragrant roasted birds are served with a pan sauce containing whole garlic cloves. Accompany the hens with a crusty garlic bread to mop up the sauce, and pour a light Chianti throughout the meal.

Lemon curd, a classic London teatime treat, is layered between crispy squares of sugared phyllo. Any remaining curd is great on toast, biscuits or scones.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Cunetto House of Pasta in St. Louis has an excellent grilled skewered chicken entrée. Sometimes I even make a special trip just to have it. Could you request the recipe? Georgeann King Memphis, Tennessee