Now I’ve Seen Everything
In an email newsletter I get about the publishing business, I just read that Ten Speed Press has acquired Hostess’s The Twinkies Cookbook, “a compilation of recipes contributed ...
Baking, Books, Breakfast, Nutritious Nibbles, Snack, Weight Watchers
Strawberry-Rhubarb Bread
After the success of the strawberry-rhubarb compote that went with last weekās chocolate polenta cake, I simply had to buy more of both items ...
Sunday Night Dinner: Fricasseed Chicken Breasts with Fresh Herbs and Sun-Dried Tomatoes
When Iām working in an office, as I am until mid-June, I like to cook something substantial on Sunday nightsāboth to flex my kitchen muscles and ...
Recent Cookbook Acquisitions
Between the full-time freelance gig, Passover leftovers from my mom, and the stomach virus, I may not have been doing a lot of cooking lately, but I have been ...
Books, Jew Food, Mains, Recipes
A Brisket, a Tasket (What is a ātasket,ā anyway?)
On the great, long list of Jewish dishes worth losing a kidney forākasha varnishkes, matzoh balls, potato kugel, kishkeāone stands head and shoulders above the ...
Stuck on You, Round Two: Turtle Tart
I wasnāt exactly thrilled with my earlier attempt at making caramel, so I thought Iād try again. Tonight Iām going to my friendsā for dinner, and ...
Sugar High Friday: I Want Some-Moas!
When I was a kid my mom always bought a lot of Girl Scout Cookies. I mean, a lot. Multiple boxes (six, eight?) each ...
Iām Getting My Act Together, and Taking It on the Roadfood
One of the benefits of my many years in book publishing is that if I ask nicely enough, I can often get a book before itās ...
It’s Sugar High Monday!
Well, ok, actually it’s not. But it is the Monday before Sugar High Friday. You know what that means, don’t you? It means that if you haven’t ...
Books, Mains, My Story, Recipes, Weight Watchers
Just Like Coming Home (Plus a Recipe for Chicken Adobo)
First of all, thank you to everyone who left those wonderfully encouraging comments on my āI look fatā post. It really did help.
Over the last few weeks, Iāve been thinking ...