I had some of the kids over for Shabbat and wanted something that picky eaters would enjoy. Luckily, my butcher shop sends me Whatsapp notices when he has a sale and to my pleasure, he had chicken wings. I LOVE chicken wings but HATE cleaning them and he promised me that these would be clean […]
I started this post a few months ago and life sort of ran away with me. First the New Year and then Succot and now the war. Rereading what I had written made me remember the calm and serenity we came home with while hiking in Switzerland and right around now, even remembering it is […]
My beloved in-laws of blessed memory have their yearly yahrzeit within a two week period (albeit quite a few years in between) and the family remembers them at one gathering to tell stories of who they were and the impact they left upon our family. I was honored to host the event this time at […]
With the upheaval and uncertainty in our lives at this time, you look for something quick and easy to prepare that nourishes your soul as well as your body. Just cuz it’s quick and easy doesn’t mean it’s not absolutely delicious. This simple basic burger fills that need. There are just 6 ingredients in the […]
Although this is a food blog, I share some of my life’s events with you and ask you to bear with me here. Our beloved niece Adina has passed away. A wife to Tuvia, her incredible husband who stood by her side through their joys in life and now in her darkest hours and showed […]
I was asked to prepare a meal for people dear to us and wanted it to be both comforting and fun and a little different during these difficult times, so I decided to go with this shawarma recipe. I happened upon it by accident, when at my daughter Batya’s house on a Friday watching her […]
As we experience the harrowing events here in Israel during this war and wait to hear news of the kidnapped people and desperately listen to the roll call of the dead, praying it is not someone we know even though every death hits you like a hammer, it is difficult indeed to write a food […]
I just wanted to do my people here a favor and post this recipe before the holiday ends. These pickles, of course, are an all year round treat, not limited to holidays but it’s the kind of thing you keep going back to nosh on and I’ve prepared these both with sliced up cucumbers and […]
The holy day of Yom Kippur has come and gone and we now approach with lightning speed the holiday of Succot. I’m feeling calmer than usual since we built our Succah already and now are talking (yet again, uhuh) food. It’s all good, it’s a celebration and one of my fave holidays. We get to […]