Cooking Simplified
Nothing intimidates me more than recipes that require obscure ingredients – or at least ingredients I can’t find at a chain grocery store. Hence my hesitation to cook Indian food. No, I do not have the time or energy to track down the rare spice blend and no, I definitely do not have (nor want) …
I can still taste the buttered bread from the grilled cheese sandwiches we used to have once a week at sleep-away camp. Grilled cheese day was also tomato soup day (there is definitely a law somewhere that states these two must be served together). I was never a big fan of tomato soup, but somehow the …
I’m back! My winter holiday was filled with eating – from the oh so traditional Jewish Chinese feast on Christmas to French and Israeli home-cooking with my mom. Needless to say, I’m stuffed and am ready to dive back into clean eating and responsible recipes. And also smaller pants. I owe the inspiration for this …
I grew up in a home where made-from-scratch breads and fancy pastries were the norm. While my sister shares my mom’s fascination with substituting various flours and weighing ingredients that require precision, I got handed the “meh, that looks like a cup of flour to me” gene. Sometimes when I’m really lacking the attention span, …
With Thanksgiving break around the corner – which, for me means lazy mornings with family – I figured a breakfast recipe was in order. If your family is anything like mine, holidays include five hour morning hangouts in the kitchen, noshing until it’s appropriate to switch to lunchtime foods. These nests are a great way to start …
I haven’t lived in NYC long enough to understand the way the neighborhoods have evolved over the years – unspoken labels stamped onto the corners of the island, then rewritten with each new decade. But I know this: the Upper West Side (my hood) has never been the choice neighborhood when meeting friends for a meal. For me, …
When I switched from vegetarian to pescatarian a few years ago, I was psyched to try the real sushi – not the crunchy veggie-filled kind I’d been dunking in soy sauce my whole life. Let’s just say I was less than impressed by the mushy texture of basic salmon and tuna rolls before me. I …
I’m sure there are advanced techniques for soup-making…French words to describe the different stages of simmering, expensive spoons and funnels and strainers. Clearly, I have no idea what these fancy methods involve – which is why I would like to share my own preferred soup-making technique: put everything into a large pot and let it simmer until …