Pork tenderloin is one of the best-kept weeknight dinner secrets. You can prep it before work (in this case, smear mustard, mashed garlic and ginger over the meat and refrigerate) and then just pop it in the oven for a half hour. In the highly unlikely event of leftovers, try dicing the pork and using it in place of bacon for a breakfast scramble.
Rather than let an open bottle of red wine languish on the refrigerator shelf, Perelman uses it in place of the usual food coloring in a red velvet cake. The result: a rich, fudgy marriage of chocolate and wine that will leave you hopeful for more leftover Pinot Noir in the near future.
Chef Pichet Ong's light-as-air desserts are health-conscious, Asian-inspired showstoppers that won't leave you feeling heavy or stuffed but instead refreshed, revived, wowed. As seen in O, The Oprah Magazine January 2008 issue.