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Catfish was on the menu as chef and author Martha Hall Foose prepared a three-course meal for four - and tried to do it on our shoestring budget of $40.

World-class chef Roy Yamaguchi served them up — no heat required — on The Early Show. He’s marking the 20th anniversary of his Roy’s restaurants.

Mashed potato is a common way of serving potato. In British cuisine, mashed potato can be served as a side dish, or can be used as an ingredient to make other dishes such as cottage pie, shepherd’s pie, or fisherman’s pie. Mashed potatoes are also very widely eaten in Irish cuisine - Irish cooks like to add to the basic recipe, to make new distinctive new Irish dishes such as Champ, or Colcannon.

Samosa recipes are rather like spring roll recipes, they are passed down through families and no two are alike, so there’s a wealth of choice of fillings. Indians love to eat samosas, usually as a snack, often in the street, but they make a lovely starter to either an Indian or a Western meal.

Although this cocktail is indeed old fashioned it is as appealing to good taste now as it was on Derby Day a half century ago when the originator first stirred it into being at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky

Food editor/stylist Paul Grimes demonstrates his technique for making duck confit. Don’t be daunted when making this classic dish; Paul shows you how easy it can be.

For this video, MAC cosmetics enlisted Gourmet food editor/stylist Maggie Ruggiero to make cherry pie (our July 2007 cover recipe) while talking about cherries for the camera. After you watch the finished product here, read Maggie’s behind-the-scenes look at her experience.

Tasty vinaigrettes and creamy thousand island homemade salad dressing recipes. All are suitable for diabetics and dieters.

Tired of the same old salad? Give your salad a kick. Try something different instead of dressing.

You know how important it is to include a salad in your diet every day. But you also want variety, flavour and texture. Here is a basic salad recipe that you can mix and match with whatever you have in the fridge. All you have to do is follow these simple principles for putting it together.