Swordfish

For accompaniments, buy your favorite potato salad and steam some zucchini. Have lemonade and brownies afterward.

(PALOMBO CON PESTO TRAPANESE) Here shark and pesto are teamed up in a great entrée. Offer it with the excellent dry white wine, Nozze d'Oro from Regaleali, the star of the Sicilian wine industry.

For dinner in a matter of minutes, try this Mediterranean-flavored main course.

Don't marinate the fish more than 15 minutes, or it will be cooked by the citric acid in the lemon juice (like the Latin dish seviche). And don't toss the vegetables until serving time, or the vinegar will discolor the beans.

Besides the tacos, try the Pico de Gallo on scrambled eggs, grilled chicken or instead of sour cream on a baked potato.

Here's an easy spice rub that adds lots of flavor but not fat. It's also great with salmon or fresh tuna steaks.

Table salt works fine here, but teaming sea salt with fleur de sel adds a refined touch.

A piquant relish that is also a great sauce for pasta. To serve two people, simply double the sauce and toss it with eight ounces of freshly cooked pasta.

Easy, elegant fare from chef John Jones at Renato's in Palm Beach.

Have more French bread on hand to serve with this colorful main course. A dry white wine is a good match.

To offset its bitterness, the endive is caramelized with sugar in this recipe.