There Are Signs, and Then There Are Ginormous Blinking Neon SIGNS
I woke up this morning, as I often do, vaguely dissatisfied with my weight-loss efforts (or more correctly, the lack thereof in recent months). It occurred to me that exactly ...
Sesame Twists: A Good Way to Use That Leftover Sour Cream
This’ll be quick, since I’m buried in freelance work and all I’m doing is procrastinating…
Got leftover sour cream now that you’ve gorged on latkes? This ...
Books, Jew Food, Starters, Vegetarian
Latkes Worth Stinking Up the House for
Is there any more wanton, more decadent, more soul-satisfying experience than biting into a potato pancake moments from the pan, still so hot it burns your ...
Cookshop: Another Birthday, Another So-So Dinner
For my birthday, I like to pick a restaurant we wouldn’t normally go to—one that’s gotten good notices and promises a memorable meal. The danger in choosing ...
Baking, Books, Breakfast, Snack
Christmas Morning Coffee Cake
The holiday spirit has eluded us this year. Because of my surgery, we missed both S’s family Christmas get-together and my own family’s Hanukkah one. We ...
The 40th Birthday Present Only a Husband Can Give
At midnight S walked into the bedroom grinning and bearing carefully-wrapped gifts. I saved the big one for last, tearing off the paper like a 4-year-old (I’m ...
STRIKE!
Does it make me a bad person that the NYC transit workers just went on strike and all I can think about is how we’ll make it to Cookshop ...
Christmas Marzipan at Fortunato Brothers
Yesterday’s recovery walk took us to Fortunato Brothers bakery, one of the handful of old-school Italian holdouts near Williamsburg’s Graham Avenue. Their pignoli cookies and tarts are ...
Today’s Small Pleasure: Modicana Chili Chocolate
As I dip my toe into the pool of life post-surgery, I find that the thing I look forward to most each day is my little perambulation ...
Mostarda: Good for What Ails You
My surgery was a week ago today, and slowly but surely I’m emerging from the trough of pain and discomfort. Really, with the exception of Monday, when ...