Happy Passover!! I know it’s a bit belated, but I still managed to sneak in this recipe before the end of Passover. Passover is one of my favorite Jewish holidays; actually one of my favorite holidays, period. I love how it centers around family ritual and retelling the story of Moses and the early Israelites. Plus there are many ways to tie…
Hello! Sorry about the lapse between posts. We were enjoying a two-week adventure in Iceland. Unbelievable scenery – glaciers, mountains, basalt cliffs, bubbling mud pools, a geyser, geothermal pools, whales, dolphins, lava formations – and some of the freshest fish, lobster and lamb I’ve ever had. But I can say I didn’t see a single sweet potato…take that back, we did…
One of the things I like most about traveling is the food. Getting exposed to new restaurants, new dishes, new ingredients, etc. Sampling everything from the simple to the exotic: from grilled tomato toast in Spain to reindeer meatballs in Finland. Upon returning home from our trips, I am inspired in the kitchen and try to replicate some of the more…
I would be remiss if this week’s entry didn’t involve Super Bowl-appropriate nibbles for the big game this Sunday. So here it is, America’s favorite bar food: chicken wings. Though I’ve partaken of my fair share of wings, I’d never attempted fixing them myself. I looked through recipe after recipe with endless variations – baked, fried, slow cooker, buffalo, Korean, etc. –…
It’s my one year blogging birthday!! One year and 50+ recipes later, I’m still chugging away and you’re still reading my posts and trying out these recipes. Thank you!!! Today I’m posting Scrambled Egg Muffins. Sorry it’s not a birthday cake or some other witty tie-in with my blogging anniversary. These muffins fall into the “easy-and-healthy-after-school snack” category as well as the “protein-packed…
Summertime (or late spring, to be exact) entertaining has finally kicked in! The warm, sunny weather is a big factor, but for us it’s really because we FINALLY have a functioning grill. Let me back up a bit. Three years ago when we packed up our house in Boston to move to the UK, it involved quite a bit of sorting:…
This is my deal with cookbooks. I have lots of them – over 60 – but I hate buying them. Probably because I figure I own enough already. (Sidebar: If you too own a gazillion cookbooks, I highly recommend subscribing to Eat Your Books. It indexes your cookbooks so you can search through them online for a particular recipe, by ingredient, etc.…
Tonight we light the candles and celebrate the first night of Chanukah. Chanukah is an eight-day Jewish celebration of a miracle when oil that was only supposed to provide light in the temple for one day lasted for eight days. So fried foods are consumed during Chanukah, in honor of that oil, and latkes are one of the most popular of those fried…
Today was the first of two Holiday Appetizers cooking classes in my Two Aprons kitchen, otherwise known as my London basement. The classes are such a joy to teach – I can’t believe I get to cook and talk about food for two hours straight! On the menu were Pear Ginger Toddies (good way to start off the class, especially as some were nursing…
Hungry kids after school? Check. Superfast homemade snack? Check. Late-night snack for the adults? Check. This recipe ticks all those boxes. In less time than it takes to make a trip to the store, these spinach bars will be baking away in the oven. I first made this recipe while doing one of my “quick-fire challenges”. For those of you who’ve watched “Top…