Cooking Simplified
Recipes with a savory taste!
The combination of an early morning flight and cold rainy weather left me with a serious case of the sniffles. While some may reach for the Jewish penicillin (matzo ball soup), I prefer a spicier remedy – something that warms me from the inside out. Tortilla soup was never a regular item growing up and, …
Living in a studio apartment means that all of the smells of my kitchen find their way onto my linens and clothing. So if I’m going to commit to cooking anything with curry, it had better be worth it. Let me preface this recipe by saying that even if the candles and open windows hadn’t …
In five weeks, I’m headed to Israel for the first time in three years. If I could, I’d spend the entire trip exploring the rows and rows of Israeli treats at each city’s market. Studying abroad in the south of France was my first time experiencing the magic of grocery shopping in another country. If you’ve …
We’re approaching that unique moment when the weather begins to tip into the winter, and colder weather triggers a survival instinct in our bodies. It tells our bodies to insulate or, in simpler terms, pile on the fat. Which explains why a few consecutive frigid days can make it that much harder to resist a slice of …
I have never been one to keep a jar of pasta sauce in my pantry. First of all, I love pasta. By eliminating a shortcut to the sauce, I like to pretend I’m less susceptible to vegging out with a bowl of spaghetti on the couch. Being raised by a cook didn’t help the case …
Despite past experiences, I continue to buy canned soups here and there. A warm bowl of soup embodies so much comfort, physically and mentally. The thought that it could be as easy as buying and heating a $3 can is endlessly appealing. But it never is. Pulling back the lid of a can to find …
We spend the majority of our lives either sleeping or at work, thus the people who surround us in the office can have a profound impact on our happiness. This may explain why I absolutely love my job. I am lucky enough to work with some badass ladies and, even better, one of them is my …
Walking the streets of NYC, it’s nearly impossible to identify a purely American restaurant. There’s no doubt our country’s cuisine has always suffered (correction: benefited) from an identity crisis. The fourth grader in me would probably describe American food as hot dogs and apple pies – but I think we’ve long been forgetting another staple …