Nutritious Nibbles, Recipes, Sides, Starters, Vegetarian
Pot Luck with Roasted Eggplant Spread
The other night I went to an after-work, all-girl pot luck dinner. It was all-girl because we met during a food writing course I took not ...
Jew Food, My Story, Weight Watchers
Matzo Brei
I hate Passover. Most of my favorite foods are forbidden, and in their place we get matzo, the original flatbread. Stick to the roof of your ...
Baking, Dessert, Jew Food, Popular, Weight Watchers
Passover Birthdays Don’t Have to Suck (Not When There’s Chocolate Souffle Cake)
Today is my sister-in-law K’s birthday. It’s also the beginning of Passover—starting at sundown tonight, for eight days observant Jews will forego all kinds of forbidden ...
Baking, Dessert, Jew Food, Weight Watchers
Passover Birthdays Don’t Have to Suck (Not When There’s Chocolate Souffle Cake)
Today is my sister-in-law K’s birthday. It’s also the beginning of Passover—starting at sundown tonight, for eight days observant Jews will forego all kinds of forbidden foods, ...
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 ...
Nutritious Nibbles, Popular, Snack, Weight Watchers
Better Than Sex? (Frozen Grapes)
Mention frozen grapes in any Weight Watchers meeting and listen to the sighs of remembered pleasure. In my meeting a few weeks ago, one member claimed ...
Dessert, Popular, Weight Watchers
Roasted Pineapple
It happened again.
At the supermarket the other day, there were lovely, aromatic pineapples on display. Good price, too. I selected carefully, sniffing the bottoms as I’d ...
Breakfast, One-Handed Meals, Soup, Vegetarian
Cookooning in a Blizzard (with Frittata and Tomato-Rice Soup)
Don’t know ‘bout you, but here in lovely Brooklyn we’re snowed in. It started around 11:30 this morning and it’s been quietly blanketing us all day—they ...
Mains, New York, One-Handed Meals, Popular, Quick Suppers, Recipes, Weight Watchers
Chicken a la Cono, Debbie Style (Chicken with Potatoes, Mushrooms, & Vinegar Peppers)
You may recall my rave about Cono & Sons O’Pescatore, our favorite old-school Italian joint. Well, my Weight Watchers meeting is around the corner from ...
A Quick Ratatouille-ish Stew
18:30 Friday January 7, 2005.
It’s been dark for nearly two hours already. S and I are just back from the Laundromat (oh, for a washer and ...