My thoughts on Jewish food.
Looking for a fish dish to serve for the second night of Rosh Hashana, I turned to a friend who had lived in Brazil for some time. “Here’s a little something we used to do in Brazil,” and then proceeded to dictate a recipe for a fish stew with coconut milk. The difference is my …
Chicken salad is a big favorite in our home, so when I make it, I always make a lot! The recipe I developed for this dish uses a sauce made from mayonnaise, herbs, Dijon mustard, and grated onion for flavoring, with delicate crunch provided by thinly sliced celery, and a topping of lightly toasted sliced …
While it’s best to strive for two hot, meat meals for Shabbos, sometimes it’s too hot for hot (meals that is)! We like to have salads in August, including our main course of chicken salad. Our logic is that we think it’s okay to eat cold food a couple of times a year, for the …
During the 9 Days before Tisha B’Av, we refrain from eating meat. After a day or so, we get sick of fish, and are hardpressed to come up with meals that supply sufficient protein and still satisfy our carnivorous druthers. This white bean dip with roasted garlic and gremolata, an Italian term for a mix …
If you’re on a gluten free or ketogenic (keto) diet, you may be stumped over what to eat for Shavuos this year. You could do a cauliflower mac and cheese, but Shirataki noodles, also known as “skinny noodles” or “glass noodles,” also make a good stand in for pasta. The advantage of shirataki noodles is …
Chicken fajitas are a dish the entire family enjoys. It takes a bit of preparation to chop everything and put it together, so it’s not a dish to prepare on a busy day. But having said that, it sure is nice to have something you cook, appreciated by all—including the cook. There’s just something about …
Once all the Pesach cleaning, turning the kitchen over, cooking, and turning the kitchen back again are over, most of us are exhausted. We desperately need easy recipes for the following Shabbos. This orange glazed chicken is not only easy—aside from zesting an orange—but uses up the sweet wine you bought to make charoses (Don’t …
If you know the proper technique, you can cook anything like a pro. Case in point this beef short rib stew with Guinness. After watching how several well-known cooks prepare beef stew, I used the ingredients in a recipe I found online, but ignored the instructions, applying what I’d learned from watching those clips. It …
Jerk chicken was something I’d heard of but knew nothing about. But you know how chicken gets boring. I thought I’d look at some recipes online and see if it was doable, kosher-wise. (Yay! It was.) When I served my personal rendition of jerk chicken, cobbled together from the various recipes I’d found online, my …
Cheesy scalloped potatoes are what my family automatically thinks of when craving a hearty dairy dish. That’s fine with this cook, since I know enough about food combining to know that milk and potatoes, combined, are a protein, not to mention that cheese, in and of itself, is a protein. This dish has all three, …