Here’s the dish that officially broke me out of my weeknight cooking rut.
I’ve recently been stuck on autopilot with regard to meal preparation for my children.  The carb rotation had become particularly stale: pasta, rice, …

For years, my mom has been making these crunchy biscotti to serve with tea at our Passover Seder.  She calls them mandelbread (or mandelbrot), but I’m sorry– they are so very biscotti to me.  More …

The Jewish holiday of Purim arrives early this year: February 24.  This brilliant idea for a riff on Hamentaschen–the traditional folded-triangle filled cookies– hit me last year after Purim was already over, so I filed …

Sometimes we food bloggers are essentially like food cover bands.  We find a fantastic, original recipe elsewhere, add our own little twist to it, and then ride its coattails to B-list fame.
While I try to …

Have I gotten your attention yet?
We all have our ingredient buzzwords.  You know, those words your eyes gravitate towards on a menu and compel you to order the item that features them?
For most people, it’s …

Blintzes.
Now there’s a word–and food– that hasn’t passed my lips since going gluten-free 5 years ago.
I’ve scarcely even thought of blintzes in that time, until recently when I was challenged by my friends at Green …