30 Minutes or Less

A quick yet elegant pasta dish.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This recipe takes its cues from Spain's classic fried pork and from an Italian favorite - the combination of pork and fennel.

Orange roughy or red snapper would also be delicious in this recipe.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. Serve the frittata with chunky salsa, and put together an avocado, jicama and red onion salad with cumin vinaigrette to have alongside. Melon wedges and pine nut cookies are just right for dessert.

Delicious with orzo or rice.

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

Cold steak from last weekend's cookout would taste great sliced and laid over this salad.

Nixon's re-establishment of relations with China led Americans to discover, among other things, that there was more to Chinese cooking than the Cantonese dishes we had all grown up with.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. This recipe originally accompanied Salmon and Leek Pie .

Miso soup — a fermented-soybean broth — is not difficult to make at home. Freeze the ginger and thaw it before squeezing; that way, extracting the juice will be easy. Chilled sake goes well with the meal.