Once the Thanksgiving Leftovers were all done I looked at the calendar to see when the next go around was, and noticed a curious quirk: The first night of Hanukkah and Xmas Eve coincide this year. Oh the possibilities! The recipe ideas started to spin out and before long I was […]
Read more →Helllloooo Gorgeous! It would be impossible not to think bright and yummy thoughts when faced with this fresh beautiful concoction! A perfect breakfast in bed for that special someone…. 4 slices challah or brioche toast (below) lemon curd (below) 8 large strawberries, stemmed and sliced width-wise […]
Read more →I call this un-French toast. Great as a light meal, appetizer, or hors d’oeuvre. Goat Cheese Onion Confit Toastini 4 slices sourdough toast (see below) 5oz. container of herb-infused spreadable goat cheese (such as boursin, alouette) Onion confit (see below) Fresh chopped parsley (optional) Spread approximately […]
Read more →2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 4 garlic cloves, minced (2 tablespoons) ½ onion, chopped (1/2 cup) 8 oz. mushrooms, chopped fine (2 ½ cups) 1 cup prepared quinoa 1 teaspoon paprika ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped fine Salt & Pepper, to taste 1 head of […]
Read more →Mary Gulland is one resentful, angry, slave-driving wench. This Thanksgiving she had me on a particularly brutal and joy-less schedule. Constantly hissing about the” ingrates and blasphemer’s, gluttons, devil’s handmaidens, rogues, villains, and Lucifer himself. All expectin’ to be stuffed like pigs on the day of […]
Read more →I became aware of Gil Marks from a Shavuot baking class he gave at the JCC on the Upper West Side. I had been married for a couple months, and was really trying to figure my way into Shabbat and holiday cooking and entertaining. We lived a […]
Read more →Once Upon a Kolooschen A time honored story offered up with some fresh new flavors I Lights up, theme music fades, the cheering audience responds obediently to the “QUIET, please” cue. Tight shot on the Tall, Dark, Handsome ( and very rich) gentleman in the center of the stage. “As you […]
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The Zelinsky’s: A Very Jewy Christmas What you get when you mix the Cooking Channel with Fiddler on the Roof, a laugh track, a visit from a Holiday Spirit, and a recipe for Salami & Eggs Fried Rice! SCENE 1 ‘Twas the night before Christmas and something’s cooking […]
Read more →My narrow galley kitchen has finally worn itself out. My starting point, my launching pad, my comfort zone, my cooking lab. Site of several triumphs, and many moments of doubt. Once it was new and sparkly. Now broken-down and drab. I first entered the kitchen seems like a lifetime ago Newly-wed, newly-preg’d, not really sure what I was good […]
Read more →I appraise the two chocolate cakes in their round baking pans. Taking a kitchen knife I pry the side from one of the tins, it is rock hard. I prod the center and the knife sinks into a swampy middle. Irritation rises in my chest- and angry thoughts whisk through […]
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