My thoughts on Jewish food.
Everyone has their favorite recipe for barbecued chicken. This recipe is not only easy to make, but strikes just the right balance between spicy, salty, sour, and sweet. We can’t get enough of it. Just the smell of it drives one to a powerful hunger, so make a lot! Easy Barbecued Chicken Yields: 6-8 servings …
Sautéed mushrooms can change an entire dish. From time to time, this simple kitchen staple can even save a dish on the brink of ruination. Take this past Shabbos: my family loves rare roast beef. But when you reheat it on the hotplate it loses its ruddy color and turns into undercooked (read: tough) pot …
It’s summer, and we just don’t want to eat anything hot and heavy. Also, the kids are home and we need something to occupy them. These meatless dolma are the perfect solution. The kids will have a blast helping you make and fill the grape leaves. Turn the occasion into a family affair! By the …
Everyone loves my buttermilk pancakes. So much so that my kids have been known to have them for lunch or even dinner. And when I’m short on time or budget, that’s a perfect choice, especially if you set out some fruit or a raw veggie tray to make sure you’ve covered all the food groups. …
For a change, I offer no true recipe, as it is too hot to type! Well, thanks to a/c, that’s not really true. Nonetheless, we are not in the mood for heavy, hot foods at this juncture. Which is why we have been rediscovering the summer Middle Eastern pleasure of watermelon served with Bulgarian cheese. …
Now is when we finally get those beautiful, summer-ripened tomatoes. That is when we can rejoice in the flavor of a truly remarkable ingredient that is at its peak. And we need something like that in the summer heat. A salad like this matbucha just perks up your taste buds. Great with challah at the …
We would eat these grilled cheese sandwiches three times a day and never tire of them. That’s how good they are. I learned the secret from a friend’s Bubbe. Bubbes know everything. And is there anything better than melted cheese? Bubbe Shirley’s Grilled Cheese and Tomato Sandwiches Yield: 3 sandwiches Ingredients: 6 slices of bread …
With many of our children grown and out of the house, we like to have cookies ready to send home with them when they come for a visit. This week we revisited this classic cookie from Joy of Cooking, but have substituted anise extract for the crushed anise seeds, which makes for a smoother textural …
Feeling a little bored with my usual cookie recipes, I looked through my scrapbook and found the Epicurious recipe for Siobhan’s Thumbprint Cookies. I tried this recipe to use up leftover apricot filling after making Purim hamantashen. I was looking for something not too difficult to execute after the tedious work of rolling out, filling, …
On our last visit to Israel, we saw various renditions of this addictive fried sweet potato salad in trendy cafes. The salads are piled so high with crispy fried sweet potatoes it is impossible to dig in without making the whole thing topple. The best you can do is pick at the pile of crispy …