Look What the Book Fairy Brought!
I am an unrepentant Martha Stewart fan, having worked for years marketing her books. Yeah, perhaps she’s not all sugary sweet all the time, but the woman ...
Mains, Pantry Cooking, Quick Suppers, Recipes
Taking the Night Off: Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
My husband is a man of many delightful attributes: He often laughs out loud—a full-throated, no-holds-barred guffaw—when reading a book. Metaphors roll off his tongue (in ...
The Fertile Pudding (We Hope): Potato Kugel
Say what you will about us Jews, if there’s one culinary realm where we really excel, it’s starch. All those years of poverty, of moving from ...
Baking, Books, Jew Food, Snack
Sneak Peek at the New Year: Chocolate Honey Cake
If you’re a member of my family, here’s a look at tonight’s dessert:
Tonight is the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. S and I ...
More Complicated Than It Looks: Tabbouleh
For the last month or so, our neighborhood’s been watching with giddy anticipation as a new natural foods market was built next to the subway exit. ...
Baking for Breakfast: Low-Fat Chive & Pepper Biscuits
I loves me some biscuits. The flakiness, the butter melting into a freshly-baked split, the golden crust… Ahhhh. Problem is, I’ve always been a little afraid ...
Orange Cauliflower?!
Found these pretty babies at the farmstand in south Jersey today (it’s between the pretzel place and my father-in-law’s house). I’ve never seen orange cauliflower ...
Baked Oatmeal
I woke up shivering this morning, and smiled. Overnight, fall had arrived. I snuggled up against my husband, pulled the covers up to my shoulders, and ...
Pretzel Nirvana: Pennsauken Mart Pretzels
When I slyly alluded to our hunt for the famed soft pretzels of south Jersey last week, I piqued the interest of one smart reader (who turned out ...
Misc, Pantry Cooking, Quick Tips
Taming the Wild Spice Rack (Garam Masala Chicken)
My spice rack was looking pretty good not too long ago:
But that was before I started ordering like a freak from Penzeys. In no time, ...