Boston Lettuce and Chopped Herbs with Shallot Cider Dressing Recipe
Boston Lettuce is one of my favorite lettuces. So delicious that just Boston lettuce properly dressed, and hardly anything more, is enough to make you a wonderful salad. I'll bet this Boston lettuce salad is the shortest salad green selection…
Cabbage Sauerkraut Soup Recipe
My Cabbage Sauerkraut soup makes double use of cabbage.
I look for every excuse to use the humble cabbage, like in this cabbage sauerkraut soup. Talk about gastronomie sans argent, with nutrition worth its weight in gold. Cabbage and caraway…
Fava Bean Soup (Bessara) Recipe. Iced Variation
Fava Bean Soup
This is a funky and much beloved Moroccan classic, called Bessara.
Fava Bean Soup soup costs pennies
It also takes no time to make, but it tastes like a million bucks, much more seductive than the sum of its modest parts.…
Honey Cake Recipe. Gluten-Free Adaptation Included
Honey Cake:
Rosh Hashanah couldn't be too far off. It is to the High Holidays what latkas are to Chanukah. This honey cake is for keeps! I actually succeed in turning quite a few people on to my honey cake. It is moist and spicy and easy…
Moroccan Fishballs in Lemon Sauce Recipe. All Variations
Fishballs Moroccan Style:
They are our Moroccan/Sephardi answer to Gefilte Fish, easy, fragrant, zippy and delicious.
No problem using this exact fishballs recipe using meat or poultry:
Simply substitute ground beef, chicken, turkey, or…
Lamb and Pine Nut-Stuffed Grape Leaves Recipe
These stuffed grape leaves are a real treat, and might cure you of all misguided urges you might have to open a can and find a dozen insipid ready-to-eat grape leaves. Instead, spend a few minutes on the preparation of these fabulous gems, and…
Semolina Almond Cake Recipe. Gluten-Free Variation
Semolina Almond Cake
It is a delightful Sephardi/Moroccan dessert classic made from semolina and almonds, and soaked in a lemon syrup. It goes by some other, fun names in Sephardi Kitchens: Basbusa, Tishpishti. The idea is the same in…
Pumpkin Chestnut Mousse Recipe. Gluten-Free
Pumpkin Chestnut Mousse
Does pumpkin with red beans and chestnuts sound funky enough for you?
The best part is, no, make that the best parts are: No cooking, delicious, and nutritious enough to be much more than dessert, indeed part…
Frozen Chocolate Coconut Cake Recipe
Frozen Chocolate Coconut Cake
Killer dessert., seriously. I don’t even care what season it is, I don’t hesitate to whip it up anytime, for any occasion. I developed this wonderful dessert to accommodate Kosher Keepers, who can't have…
Fish en Papillote Recipe
Fish en Papillote
Fish en Papillote is a neatly packaged meal.
Only, not that kind of a package! Enclosing the fish and its toppings in foil, parchment or wax paper seals in all its flavors. The package acts as a mini pressure cooker.…
Mock Crab Pasta Salad Recipe
This Mock Crab Pasta Salad includes many of my favorite summer flavors!
The only cooking that goes on in this dish is boiling water to soak the pasta. Mock Crab is easily available in the freezer section of your supermarket, and is all natural.…
Panzanella Recipe
The cute name Panzanella comes from the Italian word “pan”, which means bread. Panzanella is loaded with bright flavors and fragrant herbs like mint and basil.
The ideal leftover dish, as it is made from 2-to-3-day-old bread.
Gluten-free…