So this is another one of those special cakes that takes a little more effort but looks beautiful and celebratory. It is rich in chocolate flavor but light and fluffy yet has this delicious rich chocolate topping that you don’t make separately, it’s actually part of the cake. In fact it’s another one of the […]
I confess, I salivate even as I write the name of this post. I looooove pickles and while I don’t snoot even the canned version, when you make your own it’s so satisfying and they taste like Gus’ pickles from the Lower East Side of New York City. My Germanic mom wasn’t all that into […]
This salad is the sort you see everywhere in Israel, a simple yet delicious salad (no you don’t have to roast and peel the red peppers) with most of the work done passively in the oven – you simply roast the eggplant and bell pepper in the oven till completely soft and just add a […]
I’ve mentioned many times that me n DH grew up in New York and we have certain items we remember fondly, amongst them are what are known as English Muffins. This was a treat that we would get, it (at the time) was only Thomas’ English Muffins and you toasted them and ate them with […]
My friend Lisa (my next-door neighbor) called me one evening to ask if I’d like to buy a cookbook that her in-law wrote. Now her in-law is someone I knew since she and her husband had a wonderful shop a few blocks away from our office of rich and amazing desserts with quiches etc. But […]
This is an old Hungarian recipe, and something of a national dish. DH and I were on a visit to Budapest, a lovely city, where we were served this in the local kosher restaurant with spaetzle, and we were so enamoured of it that I was inspired to recreate it. This is a very hearty […]
This cake was born because of Tamar from my office. She is a lovely young woman who surprised me one day by informing me she is a fan of my blog. This delighted me, of course (and she proved it by quoting my last post) but when I asked how many things she’s made, she […]
As I’ve mentioned, one of the silver linings in all this lockdown time has been the quality time I’ve gotten to spend with my mama. While we’ve for 22 years been spending Wednesdays together and many Shabbatot, the difference now is that Mom finally agreed to move in with me (and my SIL and bro) […]
Many years ago, my friend Sara gave me this recipe and when the children were young, I made it fairly often. I hadn’t made it in a while, and Rena on my Foodies group on FB asked for a good recipe. Thanks for reminding me just how good this is! Thank G-d, our son Netanel […]