While pancakes are a special treat at our house, I do make them on a fairly regular basis. I can indulge two things I love at one time, i.e. a dairy food and a comfort food. Nothing like a hot pancake right off the pan. I serve them with real maple syrup in a little […]
I am very blessed in my sisters-in-law who are much more sisters than the “law” part and Dorie, married to my brother Shlomo, lives in Baltimore so I don’t get to see her as often as I’d like. We just got back from the States and paid a visit to them, and whilst there, natch, […]
The first time I ever had spaghetti bolognese was in London in 1976 at my cousin Rachie’s house when she put me and my friend Aviva up for a few nights enroute from Israel to the States.There I discovered that the English really added milk to their tea, went the first time to Buckingham Palace […]
My daughter in law Racheli is someone to whom my hubby and I aspire to be in terms of healthy eating (in addition to her many other worthy attributes 🙂 ). She always serves either salad or cut up veggies at every meal and when she and the kids come over, I know we have […]
I love cookbooks and have been known to read them with all the bits that authors put in which is what make them more fun and interesting to me. Even though today you can find nearly everything on the internet, periodically, I will buy another cookbook to add to my collection. I have a cookbook […]
I looooove blueberries. I can gobble them up by the handfuls in their delectable goodness and adore the way they sorta pop in your mouth when you bite down. The best ones are sweet with a hint of tang and I and DH feast on them whenever we can. Sadly, they are practically like gold […]
As I’ve said before, I’m a big fan of eggplant, although growing up it was a weird and exotic veggie. In Israel, it is a common vegetable and often appears as part of a meal as one of many “salatim” or salads (or mezze) before the meal. The problem with eggplants are that basically, they’re […]
When Shabbat or the holidays roll around, you want a gorgeous appetizer to kick off your meal and I find both an easy and spectacular looking first course is stuffed mushrooms with chopped meat, although you can make it part of a main dish if you use larger mushrooms like portabellos. This is a way […]
I’m a big chocolate fan and when I want a special treat other than a delectable piece of chocolate, I think of chocolate mousse. When done right, it should be deeply chocolatey, creamy and smooth and very rich. So rich, in fact, that I find that small portions suffice. I’ve played around with mousse recipes […]