Here’s my version of the ever popular Sweet and Sour Chicken. This dish evokes fond memories of the days when my children were still living at home. It was their most requested meal. A hit with children, this recipe doubles as a delicious main course to serve your dinner guests. I like to serve Sweet [...]
This delicious dish is my husband’s culinary claim to fame. The first time he cooked this corned beef for one of our family holidays, it was such a hit with our immediate family, that there was nothing left to serve our guests. We have since doubled the recipe to ensure that we have enough to [...]
Here’s a real meat and potatoes treat for the holidays. Braised short ribs in barbecue sauce are tender and succulent and full of flavor. For the ultimate comfort food, I like to serve the ribs on a bed of roasted garlic mashed potatoes.
This is my Mom’s epic chicken soup. Served with her fluffy, ethereal matzoh balls—this is my family’s most requested soup.
My family just loves this veggie chopped liver, which I like to serve in apple flowers. I’ve made some changes to the recipe, which is from The Kosher Palette, Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy.
This gorgeous pie is a bit of a production, but well worth the time, effort, and calories. For a Sweet New Year, bake up this honey glazed beauty. Shana Tovah! Pie dough 2 ½ cups flour 1 tablespoon sugar ¼ teaspoon cinnamon pinch nutmeg 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup chilled Crisco, cut into ¼ [...]
To celebrate Rosh Hashanah and autumn’s apple bounty, here are two quick and easy recipes. The apple tarte takes about 15 minutes to prep and then another 20 minutes to bake in the oven. It is delicious as is, but it becomes sublime when served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. The caramel [...]
My signature challah recipe is braided and then formed into a circle. Honey is poured into a hollowed out apple or a small round dish which is placed into the center of the challah for a lovely presentation.
Here’s a quick and easy recipe that uses pizzelle (traditional Italian waffle cookies) to create endless ice cream sandwich variations. The pizzzelle come in different flavors—such as vanilla, chocolate, anise, and caramel. The freezer section in your supermarket yields a multitude of dairy ice cream flavors as well as non- dairy options made with coconut [...]
What a great experience it was to work with Bud when my Patriotic Cake was featured on the cover of Essex Fells Magazine in July 2011! It made me realize how very fortunate we are to reside in the beautiful, bucolic borough of Essex Fells and to be a citizen of the USA—the greatest country [...]