Russet Potato

A very popular restaurant dish that's easy to re-create at home.

Leeks and sour cream combine here in a terrific take on mashed potatoes.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This dish is sensational with barbecued pork or grilled sausages or salmon. A spicy honey-mustard dressing is the salad's perfect finishing touch.

Accompany the chowder with saltines or Crown Pilot crackers. A side of steamed broccoli with lemon dressing is also nice, as are individual pecan pies á la mode for dessert.

Serve these with a salad and some sausage for a hearty main course.

At the restaurant, they use black cod, also known as sablefish. We call for more readily available white cod fillets.

A hearty soup that's very low in fat.

Many Moravians--a Germanic people from a region in what for most of the twentieth century has been known as Czechoslovakia-- settled in Ohio, southern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois in the last century. The mashed potatoes give this coffee cake, which is good for breakfast or an afternoon break, a distinctive, moist texture.

Excellent served cold in summer, the soup also makes a soothing hot starter during the colder months.