Sign up for the Dish, F&W’s free twice-weekly newsletter, for our 2009 weekly meal planner. E-mail: Wednesday, January 7 Daily Menu Golden Sausages and Shallots in White Wine (left) Skillet Roasted Potatoes Broccoli with Brown Butter Crumbs Tuesday, January 6 Daily Menu Rotisserie Chicken with Dried Fruit and Pine Nuts (left) Cinnamon-Honey Glazed Carrots Braised Turnips Monday, January 5 Daily Menu Broccoli-Leek Soup with Lemon-Chive Cream Cheesy Tomato-Bread Strata (left) Sunday, …

January Recipes Week: January 3-9, 2008 Saturday— Peppercorn Beef with Gorgonzola Cheese Sunday— Spaghettini with Veal and Porcini Meatballs Monday— Broccoli-Leek Soup with Lemon-Chive Cream Tuesday— Rotisserie Chicken with Dried Fruit and Pine Nuts (left) Wednesday— Golden Sausages and Shallots in White Wine Thursday— Fettuccine with Walnut-Parsley Pesto --> Friday— Steak with Shallots and Lyonnaise Potatoes --> Plus: Weekly Meal Planner Week: …

January 7, 2009 — Focaccia-Stuffed Squab with Bean Stew Pairing: A dark, fruity Lagrein from Alto Adige. Try the 2006 Ansitz Waldgries Dunkel. January 6, 2009 — Chicken Thighs with Spicy Tomato-Pepper Sauce Pairing: A muscular red wine, like a Monastrell. Try the 2007 Bodegas Juan Gil Wrongo Dongo or 2005 Bodegas Castaño Hécula. January 5, 2009 — Grilled Mackerel with Sicilian Caper-Tomato Salsa Pairing: A fruity white wine. Try the 2007 Prima Mano Fiano Greco. …

This towering dessert is made up of layers of super-moist, almost puddinglike coconut cake spread with tangy passion fruit curd, then topped with whipped cream and crispy flakes of toasted coconut . The recipe is from Cynthia Wong, pastry chef at Cakes & Ale in Decatur, Georgia. The cake may look intimidating, but it’s easy to make: “Just pop the layers out of the baking pans and slap them together,” Wong says. Cakes & Ale, 254 W. Ponce De Leon Ave., Decatur, GA; …