Four-Star Stuffed Chicken Breasts

• recipe

  Stuffed Chicken Breasts

  French chefs use a forcemeat stuffing to transform ordinary chicken breasts into a four-star affair. We wanted the same effect without the fuss.

• recipe

  Green Beans Amandine

  This simple dish of green beans is tossed with toasted almonds and a light lemon-butter sauce.

• equipment

  Meat Pounders

  The best pounders produce thin cutlets with minimal effort.

• taste test

  Black Peppercorns

  You only use a grind or two on your food, so does it really matter what brand of peppercorn you buy?