Poppy seed cake or seed cake as my English friends would say, can be utterly luscious or a tad bitter if you don’t know how to prepare the poppy seeds. This is a simple matter but a step you cannot skip. It is a fitting time of year for this recipe, since the holiday of […]
This is a very easy salad to make, especially if you buy the pre-shredded cabbage, but it has a lovely complexity of flavors on the tongue and pairs beautifully with any main dish. You even make the dressing right in the bowl, so what could be bad? Start with three cups of red (purple) cabbage […]
My Mom is of German descent and has a handful of food memories connected to her childhood. The most powerful memory, is of a cookie known as lebkuchen. This means heart cookie and although I know you can see the cookie in this shape on occasion, it is usually a round largish cookie which is […]
I was in the mood for a festive cookie, something that would look beautiful and taste equally good and add something special to the end of the meal. Sometimes a cake just isn’t what you crave. So, I decided to make a swirl or pinwheel type of cookie which is pizzazzy and put on my […]
I have an unending quest for the perfect brown rice and felt I absolutely achieved it with the brown rice cooked like pasta but wanted another version as well (greedy me, I know) that would be a forget about it kinda version and yet, as always, the proportions just about did me in. I cannot […]
In general, I am very fond of what is known as Middle Eastern food, and this particular dish which can be vegetarian or meat is one of my favorites. If done properly, I can gobble down a whole dish of them myself and I always hope that any occasion we attend will have this – […]
So we are on vacay again and this time oceanside. How I love the beautiful palm trees and the rolling surf. Good to calm the nerves and wonderful to walk on and let that surf tickle your toes. DH and I like to eat out as much as the next guy but we deliberately choose […]
I often make salmon as a “fast food” both during the week and for Shabbat. As I often say, fish is the original fast food since it cooks quicker than most proteins and is yummy. I was in the mood for a crusted salmon and wanted to use regular breadcrumbs as opposed to panko which […]
I was in the mood for a nice chewy cookie for Shabbat and I have critics to contend with, so they specifically requested a chewy cookie and since I hadn’t found a specific recipe I liked for it, decided to play around. Basically, when you increase the brown sugar and decrease the white, you get […]