In my many years of dining out, I must’ve eaten a kajillion Niçoise salads, some excellent, some eh and some weirdly awful. There are certain things that tend to be basic to the salad, but I was in the mood for one and decided to go with a few changes in the tradition. I skipped […]
Break out the napkins for this one! Succulent, juicy, a fab first course, or if you serve a flock of wings 😉 it can be a main course as well. I love eating wings but hate cleaning them. Then, as I have already mentioned, the French butcher in our neighborhood saved us by delivering to […]
This is a delightful add on to your kitchen repertoire. Delish in the long, hot days of summer, wonderful in hot tea. In short, it is a syrup which is ridiculously easy to make, takes about 5 minutes of cooking time and then to get full flavor, you let the flavorings steep in the syrup […]
This is a great side dish although, I’ve been known to gobble this up in lieu of a main. I find the flavors quite addictive and the roasting on high heat turns the onions sweet and delectable. In addition, if you wish to make this more of a main, you can add cheese at the […]
During the holiday of Passover, you tend to eat heavier than usual. Many chickens, meats and fish are consumed since it is holiday fare. I try very hard to include many salads and veggies both to lighten up all the food we are eating and to add much needed color to the table. This recipe […]
This post is a quick hack for a delicious and easy dessert. All it requires is a warmer (also known as a Shabbat plata). You could melt the chocolate in other ways but this is so easy that it’s a shame not to do it. Take any kind of nuts you like, they can be […]
This is a quick alternative to cooking chicken in the oven and it harks back to many many years ago to a recipe of Pierre Franey, a chef who wrote a column in the NYT newspaper when I was a young married which I still remember he called a basic saute of chicken. I don’t […]
On average, I think I’ve made hundreds of different types of chocolate chip cookies (CCC) in the quest for the perfect one. The truth is, there are so many different kinds I like that I finally realized it’s fun to simply have chewy, crunchy crispy etc. as long as it’s delicious to eat. So, here […]