Curried Turkey Salad

I have a really awful confession to make. I’m going to say it right here on the blog. OK: this Independence Day…
I didn’t barbecue anything.
I know. I know. How anti-folklorico; how unpatriotric.  All day, the enticing odor of grilled meat blew across the  neighborhood and through my open windows.  Everyone was barbecuing. And I served [...]

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Chag Atzma’ut Sameach!

Independence Day greetings from a neighborhood grocery store.

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Pineapple Upside Down Cake With Nut Topping

I thought we’d had enough of rich food by the end of Passover, but Independence Day has claims on our calorie count too. We’ll have this cake tonight after returning home from viewing the fireworks. Recipe adapted from cooks.com
Pineapple Upside Down Cake With Nut Topping
Ingredients for topping:
2 Tblsp. melted butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped [...]

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Grief, Then Joy

There’s a feeling in the air today, a strange mixture of sadness and anticipation. Old-time songs play on the radio, becoming darker in tone as the day advances towards Yom HaZikaron – Remembrance Day for the fallen in Israeli wars. The songs break your heart. One is dedicated to a friend who fell in the [...]

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Kosher Cooking Carnival #41 Is Up…

…at A Mother in Israel’s site. A well-organized, enjoyable trip through recipes both Pesach and chometz, plus a few meditations on wasting food, avoiding the urge to overeat, the metaphysics of matzah. My own Eggplant and Techinah recipe is there too.
Click through and enjoy!

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Roasted Fennel in Cream Sauce

It’s springtime. Wild fennel will be making an appearance along roadsides and in neglected fields all over Israel. The long stalks and feathery leaves may be used to flavor fish, but the root bulb is puny and not worth digging up. Cultivated fennel bulbs, though, are at their best right now: fat and heavy in [...]

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Eggplant and Techinah

It would have been nice to make this dish for some Passover meal, but that sesame is, for some obscure reason, officially kitnyot. So I made it for Shabbat. I watched chef Sufyan make it and while his is much prettier, I think I achieved almost the same taste.
Eggplant with Techina
serves 2-4 as an appetizer
Ingredients:
1 [...]

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Jerusalem on Passover

We took a little trip to Jerusalem on Monday of Passover week. Folks who have visited the Israel Museum will recognize this horseman. Most of the Museum is closed off for renovations, but the Shrine of the Book, the replica of Solomon’s Temple and the Youth Wing, as well as part of the gardens, are [...]

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Passover Cooking: Herbed Cheese Matza Brie

I confess: I woke up this morning thinking that if I have to cook with matza or matza meal once more today, I’ll scream. Turning to my old edition of Jewish Cookery for inspiration, I find pages of Passover recipes. Page after of page of recipes based on matza!
Never mind, I won’t scream. I’ll cook [...]

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Passover Cooking: Kugel Crust for Mushroom/Leek Tart

I invented the tart on Rosh HaShannah. The family likes it, so I repeat it every so often, but for Passover of course I needed a flourless crust. Becky T. sent me this recipe, which is basically a potato kugel thinned out and pre-baked to hold its shape.
The tart made a filling side dish, having [...]

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