An Easy, Family Friendly Chicken and Potatoes Recipe made in the Instant Pot! Served with a quick tzatziki and a nice drizzle of olive oil. My daughter didn’t start getting her teeth until she was almost eleven months old (which is late). We loved her …
Is anyone else already preparing for Thanksgiving? I’ve got 2 lists going at the moment – guest list and a menu list. I can already tell you that the menu list is way too ambitious and I’ll have to cut it down. It includes, but …
So I went to see Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children after reading through books 1 and half of 2 of the trilogy. Un-happy. This is why I am such a big advocate of reading the books after watching the movies (if you have …
Finally booking up summer. Lots of visits back to Toronto, visits to NJ/NY, a short trip to Vegas to play the roulette table like a seventy year old woman, and adult summer camp. Yaaaasssssss. Adult summer camp to hike, swim in the lake, participate in color …
Can you smell the tomatoes yet?? The season is so close. This is why I’m posting this now. So when those first tomatoes hit the market, you’ll know exactly what you need to do with them: Simply dress them with olive oil, salt, and za’atar to …
Guys. Flash photography is not easy. Especially if you’ve never used it to photograph food. For the last 5 years, I’ve only used natural light, and the occasional light box when I’ve timed my procrastination incorrectly, for all the photos you see on my blog. …
The world has gone hummus crazy! Not complaining. Since coming out with Modern Israeli Cooking, I have gotten more questions about hummus than anything else. And the answer will always be YES, hummus is better homemade than any store bought kind… ever. Hummus shouldn’t be …
Mom, wow. I wrote a cookbook. Modern Israeli Cooking. It’s always been a life goal of mine to write my own cookbook. I never thought it would happen so quickly. In about a year, I was approached by Page Street Publishing to write a book, I …
If you have been following my blog, you will know my absolute favorite go-to recipe for a weeknight meal. It’s my dad’s chicken curry recipe. I know I’ve gotten a few of my friends putting into their rotation. I wanted to give it a little …
This is my favorite time of year. The weather mellows out and it’s time to start thinking about warming soups, roasting vegetables, braising meats and really just taking the time to cook slowly. During the sunny months, when the last thing you want to …