Get Your Guy Off the Sofa And Into the Kitchen

by Gourmand and hostess Califia Suntree

*Make your pan sauce with the same wine that you are drinking with your meal. A great match with lamb is a medium-bodied, full-flavored Côtes du Rhône. Try the delicious Delas Côtes du Ventoux 2003, which has enough heft to stand up to the steaks without overpowering the spring vegetables—and costs less than $10 a bottle.

Gourmand and hostess Califia Suntree has worked in restaurants, catered, edited cookbooks, and snacked her way across the country. Her foodie blog can be found at www.spooning.typepad.com.