Spinach Borekas Recipe. Filling Variations
Borekas are the perfect occasional treat:
Ethereally light and crunchy, and so easy to make.
Borekas are a great Israeli Favorite
They are sold as street foods practically as often as they are served in restaurants.
There are no fillings…
Roasted Roots Soba Noodles Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly
Roasted Roots
They are as delicious as they look demure and homely. When you roast the roots, you intensify their flavor. This is practically all you have to do to make this delicious pasta with roasted roots. The warm cinnamon is a great…
Cabbage Apple Slaw Recipe. Variations
Cabbage Apple slaw? Huh?
Oh no! Look what happened to coleslaw!
Well, really why not? A slaw being nothing more than shredded cabbage as the first building block—have fun adding all the good stuff, with minimal effort on your part, thanks…
Marbled Chinese Cookies Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly
Marbled Chinese Cookies
This is one of my favorite bakery weaknesses. I just love their shortbread brittle-crisp and mealy texture, with the wispy chocolate veins running thought them. Here the chocolate plays a very discreet but essential…
Lemon Curd Recipe. Lemon Bars Recipe
Lemon curd is pure lemon seduction:
Once you have lemon curd, lemon bars are a little step away! I love to make these, not only because they are outrageous, but also because they are so low maintenance. Lemon non-lovers need not apply! but…
Salmon Roulade with Tehina Sauce Recipe
Salmon Roulade
It is MUCH easier to make than it looks! And it will make you look like a pro! So don’t let the multiple steps for this gorgeous salmon roulade daunt you: They are quick and simple, and the end result is a fun and professional-looking…
Chicken Paella Recipe. Gluten Free
Chicken Paella
Every secret I know about Chicken Paella, and all other variations on Paella (scroll down), I learned with my catering staff.
I inherited the secrets from the wonderful staff with whom I worked all my catering years, two…
Plum Tart Recipe. Apple Tart Variation
For this beautiful plum tart, I have my mother to thank.
She provided the inspiration. Another wonderful thing is, my plum tart wears another hat: its close cousin, Apple tart: one and the same recipe.
When it comes to baking (and cooking)…
Asparagus Soup Recipe. Hot or Cold
Asparagus Soup
Mine has a lot going for it! This exciting vegetable lineup guarantees me a wonderful soup: Asparagus, zucchini, celery root, leeks, tarragon: How can you miss?
No Need to Make Stock for Asparagus Soup!
All my soup fans…
Kimchi Recipe. Regular Mixed Pickles Variation
Kimchi
They are a probiotic nutritional treasure, in addition to being a delicious low calorie treat, and are a snap to make. A Korean staple. From salads to sandwiches, or by themselves as a super healthy snack. I even make Kimchi Latkas!…
Mock Crab Cakes with Red Pepper Coulis Recipe
Mock Crab Cakes
This treat is a staple at my house.
Crab cakes and other seafood goodies were always verboten in the world of kosher dining as well as that of all diners who frown at eating seafood.
Mock Crab and Mock Shrimp
Recently…
Anise and Sesame Galettes Recipe
Galettes: My sister Lea's are the best
Even my mother agrees! And that is saying a lot.
Galettes are a staple at my house in Morocco, and still are at my mother's house, where all children clamor for them, calling them Maman Biscuit (they…