The first time I tasted this cake was when we moved in to our house 11 years ago. My friend and neighbor Ditza was so kind as to send her daughter over with this fresh baked cake right before Shabbat to welcome us to the new section of the neighborhood. It was spot on since […]
This past Thursday DH and I came home from work and were just tired and needed some old fashioned comfort food. And then I realized everything in the house I could prepare was frozen like a block of ice. Sigh. Defrost in microwave? You half cook the product. So, I’ve learned I can defrost things […]
Aside from Passover recipes which don’t use regular flour (and I don’t care for matzo meal in recipes, it tastes like a combo of sawdust and cardboard to me) I don’t often prepare gluten free items except when I know my nieces and nephew are going to be dining with me who are either gluten […]
So our family has been on a roller coaster ride of emotions lately. My beloved father in law passed away, and albeit at the ripe old age of 99, that finality is something that hits you in the heart and takes time to absorb. Then a joyous event, our niece had a baby boy during […]
Sometimes you want something elegant but don’t want to fuss overmuch. This is one such dish. It involves wrapping a pargit (boneless, skinless chicken thigh) around a piece of smoked meat – pastrami is excellent – brushing a sauce over it and voila, you bake it and are done. It’s quick and easy but nice […]
DH and I like to travel. Most often, there is an element of work involved although as time goes by, much less for me than for him. If we are traveling to the USA, I get a chance to both visit family and friends and shop till I almost literally drop at Macy’s Herald Square […]
I’ve been making chopped liver since I’m a bride (40 years tfutfutfu!) I lived in the States at the time and there liver was usually beef liver which I liked but wasn’t my fave. I didn’t understand the sublime taste of liver till I ate chicken livers in a chopped liver spread and I became […]
There are times when you just need a cookie. A piece of cake just won’t do it. Whether the cookie is crispy or chewy (rarely do I go for cakey, cuz, hey, cookie not cake, yeah?) it is a different kettle of fish than a piece of cake. Which you have to cut, aaaand it’s […]
So we were only a group of seven people for first night Rosh Hashana and I wanted to make something different and beautiful to behold. I chose to make these stuffed dates since dates are one of the simanim and it was both appropriate and special. This is by no means the first […]