People today have less and less time to entertain. The thought of shopping, cooking and getting your house ready for a crowd is daunting! And that’s without the clearing up afterward. Pot luck might be the answer. You, the host, still have to organize the food and do the groundwork, but your guests do most […]
Continue reading... December 19, 2011
Adventures in Rye Sourdough Bread
My mother rarely baked bread, but we always kept some at home. The loaf of choice was rye with or without caraway seeds. It had a doughy feel and it was what I brought to school every day with peanut butter. We got it from the local kosher bakery. I miss that bread, as all […]
Continue reading... December 12, 2011
Reader Interview: Chanale
Please welcome Chanale for today’s interview. Introduce yourself! I’m Chanale, an orthodox singer/songwriter/stay-at-home-mom, that prefers the studio to the kitchen. My husband is a Sefardi who loves a good (fancy/complicated) meal but unfortunately was short-changed in that department. We live in Brooklyn with our 2 daughters, who, like their Mom, enjoy simple food. I blog all […]
Continue reading... December 6, 2011
Tips for Switching Your Family to a Diabetic Diet (Or Another Special Diet)
When Scott signed up for an email subscription to Cooking Manager, he mentioned that he was looking for tips on cooking for his diabetic wife. I wrote to ask him what he usually cooked, and he replied: “Pasta dishes, sandwiches, sandwiches, meat and potatoes, ice cream, cookies, everything that I should not because I loved […]
Continue reading... December 4, 2011
Karen Hyams and the Compost Cookies
Please welcome reader Karen Hyams for today’s reader interview. Tell me about yourself. I’m Karen – I live in the forest outside Seattle, WA with my husband and teenaged son. My husband does not eat meat, and my son’s diet keeps changing. He currently eats everything in sight. I have two web sites; The Daily Grind, […]
Continue reading... November 28, 2011
Reader Interview: Emily Segal and the Exploding Cake
Please welcome Emily Segal, a Holistic Nutritionist living in Kfar Saba, Israel. Four years ago, she and her husband made aliyah (immigrated) from New York with her two sons and Labrador retriever. She writes at Triumph Wellness. What do you remember about family meals and your mother’s cooking style when you were growing up? My mother is […]
Continue reading... November 24, 2011
Help! I Have No Room in the Refrigerator
Today is Thanksgiving, and that means company. Company, of course, means food and cooking. Back when I reviewed Jonathan Bloom’s book American Wasteland, I mentioned his contention that large refrigerators lead to more waste. I agree that large refrigerators tend to be wasteful. Not only because you end up storing more than you need, and […]
Continue reading... October 27, 2011
My Worst Cooking Disaster
A food blogger friend once advised me to take down a picture I’d posted. Her philosophy is that food bloggers should only post pictures of beautiful and tasty food. I listened to her and removed the photo. But today I decided that this is a rule made to be broken. After all, you folks don’t […]
Continue reading... October 13, 2011
My Excellent Couscous Adventure
In advance of a food blogger’s night out with author Gil Marks, I leafed through his book The World of Jewish Cooking. The recipe for Couscous with 7 Vegetables caught my eye both because it was vegetarian (optional) and a special Rosh Hoshanah dish. In the end I was under too much pressure before the […]
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