Tell It To Your Children
We must have been carefree and crazy to attempt to make Pesach on our own. We were both from close-knit observant families, all of whom were in America in 1961.
The Truth About Fat And Health
Let's not forget that we come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
The Pocketbook Saga
When my daughters grew up they would go shopping for pocketbooks in my closet. And I would smile every time I saw one of them wearing one of my stock.
A Taste of Shabbat
The traditional recipes she used throughout our lives brought comfort and love to both our family and strangers alike.
Vegan Black Tahini Truffles
The nuttiness of the sesame adds a lot of depth to the dates and chocolate coating.
In The Bag
As my husband reminded me as I meticulously folded bags into neat little packages over the last three months to hoard them for future use, the fact that bags will no longer be free in stores doesn’t mean that they won’t be available.
New Cookbooks Spark Kitchen Creativity
Given the subject matter, it seems appropriate for this cookbook to open with a chapter on food safety since giving your family food poisoning by feeding them spoiled ingredients is definitely something to be avoided.
Inside Out
Rigidity around food, fear and anxiety around eating, purging, restricting, overexercising, and bingeing… those behaviors can happen to people in all size bodies.
One Pan Chicken Lo Mein
I love Lo Mein, but the thought of boiling the noodles in one pan and then sautéing it together in another means a two-pot mess.
A New Beginning
New beginnings are not only housing construction, sidewalk renewal, or gas flow.
Fast + Healthy = Doable And Delicious
So much of our lives revolve around food.
In addition to eating our three squares every day, there is a signature dish for every Jewish...
Must-Have Winter Accessories
I may or may not have a slight attachment to my phone, so I love gloves that allow you to easily text and talk.
Pesto Pappardelle with Blistered Tomatoes and Salmon
There is something so comforting about a bowl of warm pesto-laden pasta with perfectly cooked salmon on a cold winter night.
What Is Mine Is Yours
The trauma of our son-father kidney transplant has never faded from my memory.
Dependable No More
I would say that that oven was 45-years-old when it finally baked its last pan of brownies and was relegated to the great big kitchen in the sky.
Who’s Ready For A Delicious Chanukah?
The menorahs are polished, the dreidels are ready to make their annual appearance and donuts and latkes seem to be just about everywhere. Yup,...
Recipes Of Yesterday And Today
Whether it’s hearty soups oozing with seasonal flavors or the scent of chocolate chip cookies wafting through your home, December was made for the kitchen – and thus the perfect season to check out some intriguing new cookbooks.
Purple Latkes Supreme
Can you believe it’s almost Chanukah? I can! Chanukah already came early in our house, when, by accident, my son opened an Amazon box...
Phone Fun
I have had more than a few people tell me that they use their phones to do just about everything except making calls.
The Biggest Treasure Hunt Of All
Of course, there was plenty to see that had nothing to do with organic, gluten free, non-GMO and vegan fare.
Cozy Up
I want to talk about values and how they relate to fashion. I know it might sound funny to think about values when reading a fashion column, but let me explain.
Cooking Outside The Box
I know, after all of those Yom Tov meals, you may still be on hiatus from kitchen duty, but these two cookbooks might have you rethinking that decision.
Roasted Zaatar Chicken
While we were there, we explored the shuk. The sights, smells and delicious food are unmatched by any other marketplace I have ever been to.
Ariella Zeitlin: Violin Like That
“I didn’t choose the violin because of my grandfather. But I definitely had the idea that the violin was important when I was very young,” she noted.
How To Wear Fall’s Top Trends
I’m so glad to see that furry fuzzy outerwear is still very much on trend this season.
Exercising Perception
My good fortune was grandparents and “greats,” and an uncle who had the vision and courage to leave Europe after World War I. Even if it wasn’t vision, surely it was courage.
Baked Sesame Chicken with Broccoli
I have a friend who absolutely hates cooking. She just texted me a long thank you for this recipe because she was able to follow it, and everybody loved it!
Dressing Up
There is a huge selection, but you can search by dress length and sleeve length, depending on your modesty preference, so as not to overwhelm you.
What Really Matters
I know that Elul, September, is not all black. There are many happy events that have taken place in our family during this month...