That afternoon, Paul and I make lasagna, slowly, dreamily, for a friend just out of the hospital.

The headnote by the author said she had been advised by her family not to include the recipe because "everybody knows how to make lasagna."

They layer the vegetable waste with the wood shavings "like making lasagna," she said.

For example, make vegetarian lasagna with spinach and/or tofu instead of ground beef.

She'd taken a lunch break earlier that included making lasagna for supper.

The rookie had his wife, Amy, help him make lasagna.

"I usually make lasagna when I want to impress a man, but we'd be eating at midnight."

Of course, you can't make lasagna in 20 or 30 minutes.

But his responsibilities will go beyond making shrimp salad and lasagna to take out.

Patti Hartranft, an adviser, was making lasagna for the staff, who had gathered around a conference table.