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In Honor of Julia Child JC100 Anniversary: Salad Niçoise Recipe 30 May 2012 | 06:23 am
Will I sound like a dinosaur if I declare that in my view no one, but no one, can fill dearest Julia’s gargantuan shoes and imitate her stentorian voice? I remember going to hear her at the Javitz Cen...
Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries Recipe 25 May 2012 | 03:51 am
This is hardly a recipe, just a wonderful gift from yourself to yourself and a few dear friends, deliverable at the drop of a hat. Grab a box of gorgeous strawberries on your way home: the majestic ...
Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday June 4th: Cooking for Crowds 23 May 2012 | 01:01 pm
Attention all moms of large households, harried rabbis-rebetzins, and other hosts regularly cooking up a storm for crowds: This is for you! Here’s just one exciting menu that will give you a really go...
The Art of the Letter Revived 23 May 2012 | 12:52 pm
My dear friend Joe Blank, who was my original demo assistant ages ago at Lincoln Square Synagogue, wrote me yesterday that he found in his drawers a letter he sent me almost twenty years ago. It reall...
Cheese Babka Recipe 23 May 2012 | 09:30 am
Let me tell you flat out: You won’t get this treat in any New York Bakery. The ricotta filling is wonderful, but you might prefer to use it in combination with farmer cheese, just as long as you use 2...
Delicious New Chocolates: Thank You Dear Coco! 23 May 2012 | 08:04 am
I think after all the tumult Trader Joe’s Chocolate Chips caused this week, I have the perfect antidote: New Chocolate Kid on the block: Dear Coco. Rachelle Ferneau, the owner, had the inspiration to ...
My Demo at DeGustibus Last Week! 22 May 2012 | 03:17 am
An All-Moroccan Feast: Yum! As delicious as it was easy, and of course all natural, all excerpted from my new cookbook, The Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen: Judge for yourself from the thank-you note Salva...
Trader Joe’s Chocolate Chips Going Dairy. A Gastronomic Uproar 17 May 2012 | 08:59 am
This week I received dozens of messages about these national news that are causing a total uproar: Trader Joe’s delicious chocolate chips are going to be made in dairy equipment from now on To name ju...
Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday May 21st: Shavouot Feast 17 May 2012 | 07:51 am
My new version of onion soup includes an ingredient that is invisible but tastes magnificent: Manchego. Let’s enjoy this rare dairy splurge! Fabulous Menu I’ll be demonstrating: French onion soup S...
Turnip Cakes with Dipping Sauce and Wasabi Oil Recipe 17 May 2012 | 07:37 am
What a pity we can’t find this treat in Kosher Sushi Restaurants! they are so much fun: Turnip Cakes are a Chinese Dim Sum dish made of shredded turnip and radish and rice flour. It is steamed, then ...