Books, Jew Food, Mains, Recipes
A Brisket, a Tasket (What is a “tasket,” anyway?)
On the great, long list of Jewish dishes worth losing a kidney for—kasha varnishkes, matzoh balls, potato kugel, kishke—one stands head and shoulders above the ...
Mains, Nap-Friendly Recipes, Popular, Recipes, Weight Watchers
The Barefoot Contessa’s Turkey Meatloaf
This’ll be a short post since for some reason I’m exhausted at 5:30 in the afternoon…
It’s also short because this is, bar none, the most flavorful ...
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 “I look fat” post. It really did help.
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been thinking ...
Beef Barley Soup
I’m not much of a beef eater. If you’ve been reading Words to Eat By at all regularly, you may have noticed a distinct lack of ...
Little Gram’s Sauce
Today I’m delighted to introduce a guest writer, my husband S.
It’s known at “Little Gram’s Sauce,” after my mother’s maternal grandmother, a matriarch ...
Books, Dessert, Nutritious Nibbles, Snack
Yes, There IS Such a Thing as Too Much Chocolate Pudding
It all started with an innocent thought. S and I were relaxing before dinner, just going over our respective days, when we realized we didn’t have ...
Mains, Recipes, Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers Week One, and The Barefoot Contessa’s BBQ Sauce
Tonight I went to Weight Watchers after my first week back on the program. And (drum roll, please): I gained .6 of a pound. ...
Jew Food, Mains, My Story, Recipes
Smothered Chicken, Jewish Style
When you’re one of four kids growing up in a three-bedroom apartment without much money, you find yourself taking turns a lot. My brothers and I ...
Pantry Cooking, Soup, Vegetarian
Lentil & Brown Rice Soup
Now, I love epicurious as much as the next person. But in all honesty, I generally use it as a resource for ideas, as opposed ...
Nap-Friendly Recipes, Recipes, Soup, Vegetarian
Roasted Vegetable Barley Soup
There’s a small, but pretty good, farmer’s market on Saturdays in a scruffy park near my apartment, and now that the weather’s turned so has the produce. Last weekend I ...