Especially during the winter months when it’s cold outside, you want something to warm you up and fill you up as well. Also known as comfort food, I find this a perfect answer to that desire. I’ve made many versions of this and often used wine but decided to go more Irish and used beer […]
My SIL Suzy is a proficient baker and in fact, is the one who went with me to the special baking course (we had such fun together!) and whenever we used to go to her or she came to us, we knew if a baked good was offered to grab it since it was always […]
This is a very simple to make chicken dish but if you want the extra oomph of flavor, let it marinate, really. It’s only for about 30 minutes to an hour, as long as you can afford timewise but so worth it. All you do is assemble your marinade ingredients after cleaning your chickens, Put […]
So it’s almost that time of year again, which I, as someone who grew up in New York, never can forget it’s nearly Thanksgiving. It was a holiday we all celebrated since giving thanks is a basic belief we all hold dear. So people bring on the turkeys and cranberries and let us not forget, […]
These turnovers, known in the Middle East as burekas, are a perennial favorite and are crispy and delicious. They are best eaten hot out of the oven, but I have prepared them in advance and heated them on a hot plate with great success. The trick is to cover them lightly with a paper towel […]
I’ve been making my own cream cheese for a very long time but fell out of the habit until I went to visit my son Dani and DIL Racheli. They love the taste and have been doing this for years, so it got me back in the mood. Lemme tell you, there’s nothing to compare […]
This is an easy and delicious dish to prepare which can be a side dish or a main if you choose to add tuna or chicken chunks. The dressing is creamy and a hint of sweet and sour and just the type of pasta dish to bring to a picnic. Young and old love this. […]
There are days when you just don’t feel like eating meat, chicken or fish and that does not mean you have to give up on good food. These patties were born of such a day, when I wanted a hearty dinner but of the vegetarian kind. These are filling and delicious and wind up giving […]
DH challenged me, not on purpose, but by saying that cookies are not as elegant as cake. So, if you’re talking about a homey sort of cookie, then yeah, that’s true but it’s also true about cakes. So, I had a number of cookies I chose to bake to prove him wrong. (Hey, it’s Corona, […]