Dear Readers, Yesterday marked the end of the shloshim, the 30 days of mourning for my brother. I’m not going to lie, it’s been pretty tough getting back to real life. I have wonderful friends that are being incredibly supportive, …
In Memory of My Beloved Brother
Dear friends, I buried my little brother, Eytan, on Tuesday afternoon. He was 23 years old. He took his own life. We love him very much and we will miss him forever. Siblings seem like a constant in life. We …
Very Berry Summer Soup
One of the strongest and fondest memories I have of summers growing up is my mom’s strawberry rhubarb soup. She left it chunky so the rhubarb was soft and stringy, the strawberries bursting with flavor. On the hottest of summer …
30 Days to a Food Revolution: Experiment with New Flavors
This post is part of a series called “30 Days to a Food Revolution” hosted by Diane Eblin over at The Whole Gang. You can check out my guest post, as well as other posts in the series, by following …
Roasted Radishes w/ Garlic & Thyme
At a recent trip to an Indian restaurant, I had a delicious dish of tomatoes, potatoes and radishes. I’d never had anything but raw radishes before (in fact, I’d never even contemplated cooked radishes), but they were really good; the …
Spicy Coconut Carrot Soup
I wanted a cold soup for a first course over the past holiday, but AK isn’t so into fruit soups so I needed something different. Both potato and carrot are great cold, but I decided on carrot since it’s light, …
Creamy Lemony Cheesecake
I usually don’t make things I can’t eat, but for Shavuot I decided to go all out and make cheesecake! It was certainly worth all of the Lactaid pills 🙂 [Note: You can also make this cheesecake with dairy-free cream …
Easy & Delicious Baked Apples
[This isn’t exactly my recipe, but since I have participated in the buying of ingredients and it was baked in my oven, I figure it counts :)] AK first made these divine baked apples for me a few months ago …
Food Musings: The Bane & Blessing of Food Allergies
I eat in a pretty healthy manner. I cook most of my own meals, and even when I eat out or at other people’s homes I’m careful what and how much I eat. [I also keep kosher, so I guess …
Basil & White Bean Dip
Basil & White Bean Dip I like chumus but have been wanting to try a white bean dip for a while. I made my ginger, basil & pine nut crusted salmon earlier this week and had some leftover basil, so …