Around this time of year, post Purim I confess I become a little crazy – Pesach/Passover centric. This seems to be true of most every female I know, if not the male of the species. Hmmmm, I wonder why. I know, I know, it’s only 7 days (for us Israelis) but part of the reason […]
This wonderful, cool and creamy mousse dessert is the result of DH really understanding me. Over 20 years ago, the Hilton hotel in Jerusalem had a cooking course which they gave in their kitchens. He gave me the course as an anniversary gift, realizing that for me that was better than most other gifts. Yay […]
DH has certain things he likes, certain things he really doesn’t and certain things he flip flops on. Chicken is one of them. For awhile, he wouldn’t eat the skin of the chicken, too greasy looking (sometimes true, actually). So for awhile I primarily cooked pargiot – skinless, boneless chicken thighs. Then he ate some […]
Not long ago, my daughter Rach and her hubby Eyal asked if I could take the kids for Shabbat (4 lively grandkids aged 3-almost 13) so they could have a getaway Shabbat. DH and I were really pleased since we haven’t hosted them in awhile and we were looking forward to it. I asked my […]
When DH and I first got married, we had a subscription to the New York Times newspaper. Pre-internet, this was our source for news, good or bad. He, being of the more intellectual bent, actually read it for the news. I, after a cursory look through the paper for my daily aggravation, really waited for […]
I am a cooked onion fan. Not so much the raw kind-that can be meh except for very specific recipes. I find that when they are caramelized properly, browned and luscious and sweet, you can literally add them to almost anything, maybe not cornflakes 😉 but I’m still debating it, heh. When the kids had […]
I was at the wedding of my good friends recently and while I expected to be uplifted spiritually, confess I was not expecting the material side to be uplifting and braced myself for the usual rubber chicken. Imagine my delight and surprise when each course was beautifully presented and truly tasty. So much so, […]
You might be forgiven for thinking there is booze in these cookies but nay nay I say, what makes them more adult oriented (or a sophisticated kid) is the chocolate rounds (as opposed to chips) used in the cookies. I am currently attending a fabulous and intense baking workshop with Galia Agayev, a professional baker […]
I’ve mentioned before that I’m fussy when it comes to fish. The very soft fish (after cooking) doesn’t do it for me so I look for firmer fleshed ones. That being said, I find Tilapia (also known as Amnoon or St. Peter’s Fish in Israel) is just firm enough to make me happy. I found […]