Pastilla Recipe. Working with Fillo
Pastilla
Not for nothing has it been voted one of the world’s great dishes.
It takes just one delightful bite to understand why. Pastilla epitomizes Moroccan cuisine, spicy and sweet, delicate and intriguing.
Pastilla is a little…
Pad Thai Recipe. All Variations
Pad Thai is the national dish in Thailand
It is available at every street corner in every imaginable variation.
Pad Thai is a delightful stir-fried rice noodle dish including, in any combination, fish or chicken, eggs, vegetables, tofu,…
Salmon with Pomegranate Sauce Recipe
Pomegranate sauce works beautifully with salmon
Sweet-and-sour combinations are a great Sephardi favorite.
The onions caramelize play off the vinegar.
Another quick and delicious dish, just the way I like it—one pan, one step.
I hope…
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…
Gluten-Free Bread and Challah Rolls Recipe
Gluten-free Bread and Challah:
Since there seems to be an inexhaustible demand for it, here's my two cents. Let me start by saying I am constantly tinkering with this recipe, and as delicious as it is, it is still a work in progress.
There's…
Fruit Salad Recipes. All Variations
Fruit Salad
Please do not find me too finicky if I tell you I treat all salads, whether fruit salad or vegetable ones, just the same way I would a flower assortment. I always look for a short and sweet selection of colors and textures, never…
Pasta Wild Mushrooms Recipe
Pasta wild mushrooms is magic.
Once you include wild mushrooms in pasta or any dish, you are just about all set!
Guys, here's all I do in this pasta wild mushrooms.
And this is really all it takes. On second thought, I want to discuss the…
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…
Cottage Cheese Salad Recipe
Cottage Cheese Salad
I just had me a little cottage cheese salad party! My granddaughter and I demolished a whole bowl of it this past shabbos. Just in case cottage cheese eaten alone sounds too plain, here's how to jazz it up! Yes it…