New Years

This Mediterranean-inspired lamb roast is served with caponata—a relish made from eggplant and other veg.

Despite my lifelong love affair with books, when I get busy one of the first things to get squeezed out of my schedule is recreational reading. (Although I do always seem to find time to screw around on the Internet for hours a day. Oh, Lindsay Lohan. When will you learn?)

Resolutions are easy enough to make, but often a lot harder to keep. Gretchen Rubin, happiness guru and author of The Happiness Project, recently posted on her site a list of helpful tips for actually sticking to them:

Instructions We've hit a home run with our trio of super-easy shrimp dips: from a light, lemony vinaigrette to a creamy artichoke...

These wonderfully creamy, gruyère, shrimp and lobster-filled crepes are an elegantly easy brunch or dinner dish.