Kreplach hit the fan a few Passovers ago. Because ceiling fans are ugly and because triangular noodles filled with chopped meat are a no-go when it comes to keeping kosher for Passover, no, nothing actually hit the fan, but I…
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pounded into submission
January 22, 2013
I can’t be alone in this. Tonight was to be pork chops smothered with spiced apples, served over bacon-laced grits.
When a recipe calls for pork, say, to be pounded into half-inch cutlets, I’m incapable of eyeballing it. I keep…
thanksgiving menu planning
November 13, 2012
Make-ahead. Do-ahead. I’m all about it this year, whatever I can do to make everything and anything in advance. I’m rolling out the pie dough (vodka in lieu of water!), pre-baking the casseroles, and even assembling the stuffing and dressings.…
missed (food + friend) connections
November 4, 2012
I long for connectedness, wanting to hold on to the people of whom I’ve let go. In a move, in growing up, across the country, across time, I think that’s what we do when we cook. We don’t only connect…
what makes your “worth it” list?
August 1, 2011
This list is an extension of an earlier post, where I promised to post such a list. So, here it is, my TOTALLY WORTH IT LIST (aka a list of things I’m glad I bought before marriage and babies, when…
homemaker lust
May 17, 2011
Love to love these plates for summer seafood entertaining + the night of 7 fishes
Nope. Not a post about the raunchy sex I’m not having. Lust now, and let’s face it always has, come in the form of purchases.…
a sadomasochistic passover
April 15, 2011
Since eating eggs on Easter is like feeding a chicken chicken, I’m thinking of serving rabbit at our Passover Seder. It’s very two-birds (one stone), only with fur in lieu of feathers.
Okay, not really. But I’ll tell everyone the…










March 18, 2013
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