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Chef Way: A rosemary-mint sauce tops the lamb chops. Easy Way: Skip the sauce for the lamb chops; instead, rub rosemary onto the chops before they're seared. more »

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Honey adds richness to this tart lemon curd and eliminates the need for refined sugar--another off-limits ingredient for Bay Area locavores. Sampson recommends serving this curd with creme fraiche and locally made shortbread cookies. more »

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Yoon has been going to what he calls Los Angeles's 'real' Chinatown - the Chinatown in Monterey Park, California - every week for the past five years. Those visits inspired these Sichuan peppercorn-coated shrimp; stir-frying them with two kinds of chiles more »

'This is the most fabulous chocolate cake that I've ever made,' says Ina Garten, host of Food Network's Barefoot Contessa . 'It's so easy and so moist and light. There's buttermilk and a cup of coffee in the batter! The frosting is just buttercream and a more »

These luscious, extra-porky ribs are based on a recipe Nischan's mother, a talented Southern cook, used to make. 'Mom would stand in front of the grill, flipping the ribs and basting them with ham stock every few minutes until they got incredibly tender. more »

Thomas Keller's scrumptious recipe combines three of the world's most popular sandwiches - bacon, lettuce and tomato; fried egg; and grilled cheese. more »

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The Good News: These gingery, nutrient-packed bars use only natural sweeteners like brown rice syrup and natural cane sugar. 'Brown rice syrup has a nice, round flavor that doesn't give you the jolt of sweetness that processed sugars do,' Swanson says. Th more »