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 Donāt Have to Suck (Not When There’s Chocolate Souffle Cake)
Today is my sister-in-law Kās birthday. Itās also the beginning of Passoverāstarting at sundown tonight, for eight days observant Jews will forego all kinds of forbidden ...
Baking, Dessert, Jew Food, Weight Watchers
Passover Birthdays Donāt Have to Suck (Not When There’s Chocolate Souffle Cake)
Today is my sister-in-law Kās birthday. Itās also the beginning of Passoverāstarting 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 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 ...
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 Iād ...
Breakfast, One-Handed Meals, Soup, Vegetarian
Cookooning in a Blizzard (with Frittata and Tomato-Rice Soup)
Donāt know ābout you, but here in lovely Brooklyn weāre snowed in. It started around 11:30 this morning and itās been quietly blanketing us all dayāthey ...
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 OāPescatore, 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.
Itās been dark for nearly two hours already. S and I are just back from the Laundromat (oh, for a washer and ...