When the weather finally goes below freezing, all I want to do is cook all day by a warm stove. Saturday Alexander and I made Chicken soup, Beef & Cannellini Bean Chili, Oatmeal Scotchies and fina...Read More
Delicata Squash is wonderful for children. The skin is edible so all you need to do is remove the seeds, slice it up and roast. My one year old daughter loves to walk around with a slice in each hand ...Read More
I went to the Farmer’s Market last week and lucked out, really ripe plum tomatoes 6 for $1 and 2 big eggplants for $1. While trying to decide what to make with this bounty my dear friend Suzie r...Read More
I was actually at the butcher counter looking for short ribs when I saw these beautiful large beef shanks on sale for $4.99 a pound. I could not resist. My husband loves bone marrow. The only problem ...Read More
We had a wonderful day Apple picking with Grandma at Apple Dave’s Orchard in Warwick, NY. Alexander picked a whole bushel of beautiful Macintosh apples – yum my favorite! We also lucked ...Read More
Thank you so much to Michael Maldonado for inviting me to teach again at the Jamaica FEAST program this past Sunday. I had a wonderful time going over Menu Planning and Pricing with a great group of i...Read More
Every summer since I was as young as my daughter Retaj, 10 months old, our family goes go up to Kennebunkport, Maine. As a matter of fact, Alexander and Retaj are the fourth generation of our family t...Read More
Alexander’s Dad is from Alexandria, Egypt and every so often we get treated to a Mediterranean culinary delight. Kofta if you are not familiar with it is basically meatballs. The Egyptian versio...Read More
My sister brought my Mom a 4 pound Zucchini from her garden 20 years ago. My mom made zucchini soup, stir fry and the best zucchini bread ever from that beast. I used that recipe years ago first conve...Read More
On June 13, 2017 I was invited to be a judge at the International Culinary Center founded as The French Culinary Institute, my alma mater, for the graduating pastry class. It’s so much fun. I ge...Read More