Honkman

Chili with ground beef, chunks of beef chuck, ted kidney beans, green pepper, tomatoes, onions, garlic, different chilies (ancho, new Mexico, jalapeño), thyme, cayenne, paprika, bay leaf, basil, allspice, soy sauce, red wine and beef broth cooked for 3.5 hours at 300F. Served over rice and finished with sour cream

Kedgeree with rice, smoked trout, hardboiled egg, parsley, garlic, ginger, chili, curry and black mustard seeds

Simple briefly braised sauerkraut with chorizo, red, yellow and orange peppers and finished with some sour creme

Spaghetti with tomato sugo (made with pancetta. celery, onion, garlic, rosemary, tomato pasta, tomato passata and some pasta water to get creamy consistency- finished with some parmesan, pine nuts and sour cream

Simple, really low effort casserole - cut up potatoes, carrots and leeks, mix in dish. Pour mixture of cream, milk, thyme, nutmeg, salt and pepper over it and put in 395F oven for 45 minutes. (And if you are fancy you can add some chopped hazelnuts for the last 5 minutes to have some additional texture.)

Quick stir-fry in the wok with pork tenderloin, red pepper, carrots, snap peas, bean sprouts, corn, pineapple, ginger, garlic, chili and sauce made from soy sauce, rice wine, light brown sugar, corn starch, white wine vinegar - served over rice

Paella inspired dish (not cooked in a paella pan) with Senia rice, chorizo, butternut squash, tomatoes, onion, garlic, saffron, smoked paprika and chicken broth

Pasta with pesto rosso (made from dried tomatoes, roasted peppers, pecan nuts, jalapeño, garlic, parmesan and olive oil) with some sautéed snap peas and topped with some burrata

Zucchini “cake” - the filling was a mixture of briefly cooked, shredded zucchini, basmati rice, mint, garlic. Served with a tomato salsa made with sautéed red onions, cashews, curry powder, lime zest and juice.

Fettuccine with poached cod (in a mixture of olive oil, pasta water, scallions and capers) with oven-roasted grape tomatoes and a lot of parsley

Rainbow Beef from the Myers & Chang Cookbook (restaurant in Boston) with sirloin flap meat, different peppers, scallions and onion with a sauce made from soy sauce, oyster sauce, chile-fermented black beans and roasted sesame oil - served over rice

Fried potatoes with kassler (brined and smoked pork cutlets), red and yellow peppers, scallions, onion, rosemary and some quick tsatsiki

Stir-fried celery with shiitake mushrooms, ginger and scallions and a sauce made from chili-fermented black beans, soy sauce, rice vinegar and toasted sesame oil - served over rice

Mochitlan-style beef stew - beef chuck pieces cooked in pressure cooker with chickpeas and a sauce made from plenty of guajillo chiles, cumin, oregano, cloves, onion and garlic. Afterwards briefly cook some zucchini and finish with lime juice and cilantro - served with some corn tortillas.

Oven roasted cod (just with paprika, salt and pepper) with a lemon-capers-scallion-parsley relish over couscous and a side of spinach

Fettuccine with carrots, fennel and broccoli in an orange-cream sauce (made by mixing heavy cream, vegetable broth and reduced orange juice and some orange zest in the end to give it a fresh kick)

Wow - that is actually closer to the time when I might go to bed at some nights.

I have to admit before your post and subsequent googling I wasn’t even aware too much about Tucci

It is not a very bold dish and it is important to get a good sear (or deep fry) on the zucchini but overall we really liked it. The provolone we had was quite mild and so in the mixture with the parmesan wasn’t too overpowering

Spaghetti alla Nerano - Interesting variation from CI whereas instead of deep frying the zucchini you “cook” them in the microwave for 12 minutes (to evaporate some water) and afterwards sear them in a pan to get a similar result as deep-frying but without handling large amounts of oil. Otherwise you make the creamy sauce using pasta water, butter, basil, provolone and parmesan.

When do you wake up in the morning?

Quick stew with pinto beans, escarole, crumbled Italian sausage, onion and garlic in some chicken broth and a little bit of red wine vinegar - served with some shredded parmesan

Knoedel mit Kraut - German-style dumplings (made from bread, bacon, milk, egg, parsley, marjoram, onion, nutmeg) with braised cabbage (with caraway seeds) and topped with roasted onions

Coconut and black bean soup - made with coconut oil, coconut milk, black beans, chilies, garlic, onion, all spice, thyme and at the end puréed part of it and finished with lime juice, fresh tomatoes and raw onions.

Wild mushroom burger - simple ground chuck beef patty with soy sauce, salt and pepper, Topped with a sautéed wild mushroom mixture (chanterelle, shiitake, oyster with shallots, garlic, thyme and madeira wine)