The leaves are only just beginning to turn, Halloween is a couple of weeks away, and yet thoughts of the upcoming Thanksgiving are already spinning inside my head. In our family it’s become “my holiday”, the one that I’ve been happily hosting for some 30 years now, and the one that no matter where we’ve…
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Red Wine and Port Poached Pears with Mascarpone
I served these Red Wine and Port Poached Pears with Mascarpone for dessert when we had some friends for dinner recently. I snapped the photo before I had actually garnished with the chocolate shavings…guess I was a bit excited to share this fabulous dessert with you. Forgive me. The chocolate shavings added the perfect finishing…
Slow-Roasted Salmon With Spring Herb Sauce
Okay, I know it’s October and not spring, but this recipe for Slow-Roasted Salmon With Spring Herb Sauce is just too delicious and easy not to serve year round. I have to admit to being a bit tired of grilled salmon and this method of slow-roasting the salmon found in The Herbal Kitchen by Jerry…
Sabbath Dinner Before Yom Kippur
Honey Cake for a Sweet New Year…check out this recipe for the Definitive Honey Cake
Mom’s Mashed Potatoes
For our holiday dinner I served mashed potatoes to accompany the brisket. Instead of using my Kitchen Aid Mixer as I so often have, and keeping them warm by placing the covered bowl over simmering water, I decided to simplify things and use my mother’s old potato masher to make her mashed potatoes. The Jewish…
Mom’s Viennese Apple Cake
A reader recently commented that she loved my Mom’s Banana Sour Cream Cake and was hoping I would post more of her cakes, specifically her apple cake for Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. As I am in the midst of cooking and baking for the holidays I decided to post this now for those…
Brisket…Two Ways
Brisket …Two Ways At sundown on Wednesday, September 28 Jewish families worldwide will usher in the New Year 5772 with the observance of Rosh Hashanah, beginning with a holiday dinner that evening. In addition to apples and honey, it has become customary to serve sweet foods at this meal in the hopes of ushering in…
Grilled Lomo Saltado
Lomo Saltado is a popular dish in Peruvian cuisine. The Spanish introduced the pepper steak to Peru, but Chinese immigrants made it famous. They took the steak and pepper, added a bit of potato and soy sauce, and one of Peru’s favorite foods was born: Lomo Saltado! There are many variations of this dish, but…
Papa Cristo’s Greek Restaurant and Market
On our recent visit to Los Angeles to visit with our son we went to one of his favorite Greek restaurants for lunch, Papa Cristos. This “Zagat rated Best Greek Restaurant in LA" is also a fabulous market, deli, grocery, bakery, and wine store… a one stop Greek shopping Mecca! It was difficult to choose…