No secrets at this CIA: Delicious "One Dish Meals" the latest from premier culinary college

The CIA cooks know is the Culinary Institute of America headquartered in Hyde Park, NY, with auxiliary campus in the Sonoma Valley. At one time it seemed entirely focused on educating chefs for the institutional world of fine restaurants and hotels. Today that edge has been softened as the food world of home cooks and chefs blend. Perhaps no more evidence is needed than the array of cookbooks produced by the CIA for the use and good pleasure of home cooks.

One of the most recent books is “One Dish Meals” (Lebhar-Friedman Books). The subject is dear to the hearts of home cooks who are usually i...