Tries his cooking before wife produces a traditional dish (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
irish stew
'a traditional dish' is the definition.
'Irish stew' can be an answer for 'dish' (Irish stew is an example). I am unsure of the 'a traditional' bit.
'tries his cooking before wife' is the wordplay.
'cooking' indicates anagramming the letters (cook can mean to falsify or distort).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'tries'+'his'='trieshis'
'trieshis' anagrammed gives 'irishste'.
'irishste'+'w'='IRISH STEW'
'produces' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for irish stew that I've seen before include "National dish, boiled mutton, spuds and onions" , "Fare" , "Mutton and vegetable dish" , "National dish of potatoes, mutton and onions simmered in water" , "Pale broth, usually of lamb and mixed vegetables" .)