Douglas,

I’d love to see your chili and shepherds pie recipes. I’ve done my own of both, but I’m always interested to see what other people do.

As for goulash, I don’t have one. But one of my co-authors has done beef goulash, or beef goulash with sauekraut, or pork goulash with sauerkraut. I’m sure one of those should fit the bill.

Finally! I’ve been trying to figure out where I recognized it from. Thanks.

I don’t remember ever getting an actual lesson in cooking or knife skills from my parents , but I was in charge of dinner a few nights a week from the time I was about 13, so I guess I learned by experience. Those first meals were, um, not very good. Twenty years later, however, I’m a really good cook. So, you know, it gets easier, Winnie.

Hey Mark, take some pictures and send them in. I’d love to see how other people do it.

By the way, as I was serving this I realized I needed a better way to serve the fillings so the kids wouldn’t keep trying to use their fingers to scoop it off the spoons. Next time I’ll fill cookie presses or pastry bags and put them out.