Just stroll down the frozen food aisle and choose from mouth-watering entrees such as chicken Florentine, roasted beef merlot, and pumpkin squash ravioli, which can be ready in minutes.

Mr. Nicholsen, who likes to prepare seafood as well as his favorite dish, chicken Florentine, will work as an intern this summer at Tre Scalini, a restaurant in Manhattan.

Entrees include shrimp in a creamy peppercorn sauce, chicken florentine with spinach in a Dijon mustard sauce, half a roasted duck stuffed with wild rice and served with an orange-Cognac sauce, and a competently prepared steak tartare.

Other main courses include duck stuffed with wild rice and served with an orange-Cognac sauce, and chicken Florentine (stuffed with spinach and carrots).

Other main courses include flank steak with shallots and served with mashed potatoes; chicken Florentine (stuffed with spinach and carrots); and seafood papillote where shrimp, scallops and scrod are steamed together with scallions, tomatoes and onions in a light tomato broth.

As I toyed with my chicken Florentine and awaited the trip to the podium, public-speaking techniques I had taught my students came to mind, alleviating my fears of not doing oratory justice to the guest of honor.

Recommended dishes: Broccoli soup, hot antipasto, carpaccio, Caesar salad, special linguine with tiny clams, cappellini asparagi, ravioli, cappellini primavera, penne arrabbiata, red snapper, shrimp fra diavlo, veal scaloppine, chicken Florentine, chicken in tarragon cream sauce, sorbets.

Black bean soup is a menu regular, and there's always a meat soup like chicken Florentine with spinach and a vegetarian soup like lentil (or try the cold avocado-yogurt purée if it's on the day's menu).

Mrs. Turner talked with the visitors during a lunch of chicken florentine.

The roll-out included such entrees as chicken Florentine with lemon sauce, Cajun stuffed pork chops with andouille sauce, and poached scallops with coconut ginger sauce.