What better way to celebrate the end of fall than by eating in season? This beautiful salad features flavors from produce readily available this time of year in a rainbow of colors. It’s as important to eat with our eyes as it is to taste Read more…
Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, is a minor Jewish holiday. Due to its close proximity on the calendar to Christmas, it gets a lot more attention than may be warranted. Regardless, it’s fun. Hanukkah is filled with miracles. One is around oil: There was Read more…
This traditional French dessert gets a Rosh Hashanah spin in this elegant and delicious finale. Apples and honey are classic Rosh Hashanah fare: The apple symbolizes the relationship between Jews and God. Meanwhile, the honey is a symbol of sweetness for the upcoming year. They go Read more…
It’s been a rough month. I was particularly grateful for the halt from the every day grind that Rosh Hashanah provided. Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish New Year, is a time for celebration. But it is also a time to dig deep spiritually and clear your Read more…
Chicken is one of my family’s favorite foods and they would eat it plain all day long. But I get sick of the same old. This is when I go to the pantry and hastily try to pull a few ingredients and mix them together Read more…
Radishes are one of the quintessential spring veggies. They love the cold, they’re crunchy and crisp, have a bit of a bite coming off the chill of winter, and they are aaaaa-mazing with butter and salt on some bread (no, that’s not a spring characteristic, Read more…
The flavor of lemons and almonds blend well together. This cake incorporates both, in a light and airy dessert that is a subtly sweet finish to a wonderful meal. This cake originally hails from Italy. Since this cake does not contain flour, it is a great Read more…
Charoset is a traditional Passover food used during the seder. It represents the mortar the Jews used to cement the pyramids together during their enslavement. There are many recipes out there for charoset, and I was tired of the version endemic to Ashkenazi Jews in Read more…
Meyer lemons smell like spring time and look like the sun. They give me warm fuzzies. A cross between a lemon and a tangerine, they’re a golden yellow and taste less sour than their yellow cousins. They’re often readily available during the late winter, a Read more…
I love to grow and eat tomatoes. The flavor and scent of a sun-ripened tomato just picked off the vine is incomparable to the pink balls found at the grocery store. But I’ve come to terms with the fact that not all tomatoes grow well Read more…