My thoughts on Jewish food.
A bunch of us are following a low-carb high fat diet. But not all of us. Which makes it difficult to find dishes that satisfy one and all. A recent birthday party called for some sort of cake and this was the inspired result: a flourless chocolate torte made with 85% chocolate, topped with a …
When Rosh Hashana nears, a cook’s fancy turns lightly to fish. After all, it’s one of the symbolic foods we eat at holiday time. One extremely addictive way to prepare and eat fish is that ubiquitous dish served in Moroccan Jewish homes every Friday night. They call it simply “fish” and everyone else calls it …
Remember that series of books? Windows for Dummies, and etc.? Someone needs to do that for cooking, especially since we just came out of Shabbos followed by a two-day holiday. Cooking for 3 days?? On top of work and caring for children????? Yikes. So yeah. We need a break from all that cooking. We’re BURNT. …
I know, I know. Another thinly disguised low carb high fat recipe. But if you’ve been reading the mystery, low carb is all she wrote. Look: I lost 60 pounds on this diet (no pix, sorry), and now it’s a way of life that’s been touted by such august writers as Gary Taubes. I’ve no …
Don’t we all want a recipe that’s fast, uses few ingredients, and even fewer pots and pans? Especially when it’s a dish that everyone in your family will love—except for those who absolutely hate chicken. “Where can I find such a recipe,” I hear you asking. Right here, of course! 5-Ingredient Coconut Chicken Curry Yield: …
Many of us are trying to cut carbs from our diets, and so a crustless quiche is a very attractive addition to our kitchen repertoire. For those of us who observe the Jewish dietary laws, this particular quiche is a boon for being parve, or a neutral dish that can be eaten with dairy or …
After the fuss of the Passover holiday, it’s nice to have some easy one-dish meals in one’s cooking repertoire. Let’s face it: most of us are a little burnt out from cooking holiday food for an army with unfamiliar utensils and strange Passover ingredients. Now that the hassle of all that is but a memory, …
A lot of us are doing low carb diets, because, well, they work. It is difficult giving up all those favorite foods. Which is why it’s fun to find a substitute for a beloved Middle Eastern bulgur wheat salad, tabbouleh, made with raw cauliflower “rice.” We had it at our Purim meal: a perfect “nafochu,” …
Some of us, for whatever reason, be it celiac, because of autoimmune disease, or because it stalls weight loss, prefer to stay away from gluten. That makes Chanuka a bummer. But did you know that potato latkes hold together perfectly well without flour? All you have to do is save that water you squeeze out …