Happy Hanukkah! Tonight is the 5th night (the photo above is from a past year on the 8th night, not to confuse you). So my husband and I were in Costco last week when I was looking for a brisket to make during Hanukkah. I have always bought what they refer to as the…
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Italian Baked Meatballs
Weeks before Thanksgiving I began cooking and freezing numerous meals to have on hand when my sister and brother arrived. They were coming the week before Thanksgiving. Having some home cooked meals available even after busy days spent sight seeing, shopping,movie-going, walking, and just enjoying Slo was great. And of course we did our share…
Thanksgiving 2018
Happy Thanksgiving 2018! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday filled with family, food, friends and fun. However, the reality is not all are as fortunate especially this year with so much sadness and loss surrounding us, and closely affecting so many. Our feelings of gratitude are even more profound as we recognize what others are…
Nancy Silverton’s Chopped Salad
Chef Nancy Silverton is the co-owner of Pizzeria Mozza in Los Angeles, where you will find her Chopped Salad on the menu. I was lucky enough to eat there years ago shortly after it opened while we were visiting my son in LA on one of our trips from Maryland. Nancy has said she has…
Dorie’s Last-of-the-Bunch Banana Bundt Cake
This scrumptious Banana Bundt Cake comes from Dorie Greenspan, a well known cookbook author, cook and baker extradorinaire. Her newest book, Everyday Dorie, comes out today. I haven’t seen it yet, but Dorie describes it as filled with over 125 simple recipes which you can make with supermarket ingredients you’ve got in your pantry and…
PARIS!
I have always wanted to go to Paris. My husband made that dream come true just about a month ago! We spent 10 fabulous days there in the Saint-Germain-des-Pres area. He surprised me a couple of months before our actual trip by saying one morning, “We are going to Paris!!! “ What could I say,…
Lemon Sponge Cake
Every fall The Jewish New Year begins with a 10 day period of prayer and self-reflection which is ushered in on Rosh Hashanah, and closes on Yom Kippur, or what is better known as The Day of Atonement. We were traveling for the beginning of the New Year, (more about that later), but were back…
Lamb Souvlaki
Souvlaki is a popular Greek fast food consisting of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer. As a fast food it’s usually eaten straight off the skewer while still hot, with pita bread served on the side. Another option is to pile the meat in the pita with tomatoes and…
Pasta with Chicken and Summer Vegetables
Looking for a one dish summer dinner loaded with the great produce available to us now? This may be the one. This light and yet satisfying combination of summer vegetables, pasta, and chicken can be served warm or at room temperature. The chicken can be grilled or sautéed on top of the stove….
Summer Fruit Bowl
With summer fruit at its peak why not consider filling a trifle bowl with colorful melon balls, pineapple, kiwi, berries, grapes or whatever combinations you prefer? Agreed it is a bit time consuming to use the melon baller instead of simply cutting up a melon (which you could also do and still arrange it in…