Bill wanted more meat in our dinner menus, apparently, and had brought me an instruction manual -- 600 pages long, I couldn't help noticing, and with the same sort of heft as the sirloin pork roast in the picture.

CNN: Husband quietly captures the kitchen

The emphasis is on classic bistro fare roast chicken, seared scallops, grilled sirloin with a de-rigueur locavore bent.

NEWYORKER: Alison Eighteen