2021-11-05 05:12
I am beyond thrilled that my cookbook, 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen is now available for pre order from your favorite local and on-line booksellers… Read More
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2021-09-23 23:20
One of the nice things about being a food writer is that you get to spend time with other food writers and taste and share the recipes they create.My friend, Beth Lee (who blogs at omgyummy… Read More
2020-09-30 04:57
I’m ready for recipe testers!If you’d like to be among the first to try a recipe (or a few) from the upcoming 52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners from the Global Jewish Kitchen (we… Read More
2020-08-14 20:08
Coffee lovers were whipped into a frenzy by this and I learned a lessonLately, in addition to working on my food and recipe columns for the j, Northern California's Jewish Resource, I have h… Read More
The Ultimate Comfort Food -- Chocolate Sandwich Cookie (Oreo) Kugel For Your Inner (or Actual) Child
2020-05-30 22:24
When Stay in Place began a few months ago I did a column for my j., Northern California's Jewish Resource featuring comfort food kugels, Kugels are pretty much comfort food by defi… Read More
2020-04-11 06:57
Matzah Crunch – adapted from Marcy Goldman, the Treasury of Jewish Holiday BakingMakes 6-8 servingsEveryone loves this very popular dessert. You might also know it under one of it… Read More
2019-08-12 01:19
Steeped Coffee individual brew bag in action Just a quick shout out to Steeped Coffee (which provided free samples) for their real coffee in single-serving brew bags (like large tea bag… Read More
2019-04-17 15:42
A variety of harosets celebrates the diversity of the Jewish food waysIt's that time of year again -- the time of year where families and friends gather around and ask the four questions … Read More
2019-01-27 10:46
Green Tea French Toast came about when I was faced with a limited palette of ingredients in a Japanese hostel’s well equipped kitchen and wanted something homey but still foreign for b… Read More
2018-12-21 07:52
I love soup, I love using whole grains and legumes, and I especially love foods that have a smoky taste to them. This recipe combines several elements to build a (vegetarian) smoky tas… Read More
2018-05-19 21:14
I have so much info and so many photos to share of my current trip, but I'll start with these luscious pastries from a generations old firm in Nazareth, Israel. The bottom left has a layer o… Read More
2018-02-27 06:59
The pan dulce attendees sampled on my recent international food walking tour. The drink is chumparrado, a hot chocolate thickened with corn meal. Read More
2018-02-17 20:04
2018-01-06 03:35
My friend, Ernestina, invited a few of us over to make Oaxaca-style mole. It's the first time I've made mole as a group activity, but it worked well. The mole recipe had 27 ingredients (not… Read More
2017-12-14 22:23
My boys are now men but during a time that seems like long ago and just yesterday I would entertain them by letting them browse a photo-laden Sunset cookie cookbook and let them pick out rec… Read More
2017-12-14 05:21
This Chanukah try oven frying/roasting shishito or padrone peppers. Rinse and dry then toss in a bowl with lots of olive oil and coarse sea salt to taste. Pour peppers with oil on ungreased… Read More
2017-11-02 18:45
In Barcelona, a meringue cookie filled with hazelnuts is known as a Montserrat, after the famous moutnatin, with its rocky peaks, which the confection is said to resemble. I got to eat one t… Read More
2017-10-29 21:45
Gary and I are on the road again. This time we are combining 10 days in London (son's wedding) with a wide-ranging itinerary by train, car, boat and bus. Along the way we have been ren… Read More
2017-08-23 04:28
Roasted Plum Compote over Cake with Ice CreamNina gifted us with several bags of tart plums from her tree. I turned the fruit into a simple roasted compote that was delicious on it's own or… Read More
2017-05-22 22:34
Gary and I are in London for a month enjoying the international restaurants, food,stalls, street markets, and famed eating spots, but what we really like (some of the time) is coming home to… Read More
2017-03-16 03:42
2017-03-06 03:52
Pepper jelly makes these more of an appetizer than a dessert.Purim has many food traditions associated with it. Among them is the custom of giving friends and relatives a gift basket o… Read More
2017-01-20 13:46
2017-01-15 03:00
2016-11-28 09:10
There is a little dirt road that goes inland from the Sunshine Coast and it's there you can find your strawberry bliss. Cooloolah Berries is more than a family farm, it is also a mission for… Read More
2016-11-17 12:33
Guess the flavors of these ice creams from fruits grown in the rain forestThe first in an occasional set of updates from my current adventure. Shown are tropical ice creams from fruit g… Read More
2016-05-18 04:20
Falooda is a thin, sweet noodle added to frozen desserts and drinks. I first had it in a Persian rose ice cream here in the states. I next had it as a sundae in Jaipur, India, served with ic… Read More
2016-05-12 23:57
Mr. Blog Appetit and I are spending the month in May in Chicago so I thought I would post an occasional food photo here to share some of the Midwest bounty we are enjoying. Today's offe… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I have a confession to make. As much as I love food I find I like to cook for an audience. Friends, family, and readers of my cooking columns (kind of a virtual audience) all count. So… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Chocolate BlintzI'm offering up something sweet to make up for my not posting in way too long -- some sweet dessert or brunch recipes both featuring chocolate.Most folks know kugel as a (usu… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Today's National Pie Day so I thought I would list out a sample of pie and similar recipes available here on Blog Appetit.While I yield to no one on my love crust-enclosed goodness, I… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
A Roam beef burger with all the trimmings (Photo courtesy Roam)It's tough being the parents of hip, young adults.You want to impress them with your street cred and insight into new places.Yo… Read More
2016-01-18 20:36
This is my second day at the San Francisco Winter Fancy Food Show after a gap of a few years. It's larger and busier than ever and loud, colorful and tasty.I'm posting this with Bl… Read More
2015-11-01 07:29
My first breakfast in Turkey a few weeks ago in Kayseri. The day before had been 20+ hours of travel and I needed something restorative. This rich, spicy mutton soup did the trick.&nbs&hell…Read More
2015-10-27 10:34
This wonderful eggplant and lamb kebab is from Antayla on Turkey's Liikya Coast, known to tourists as the Turquoise Coast Read More
2015-10-11 15:34
Pomegranates are everywhere in Greece -- in backyards, hanging temptlingly over fences near city sidewalks and of course in the markets. This photo was taken in a small super market on the i… Read More
2015-10-03 07:48
I'm on the road again folks, so you know what that means my irregular posing of (mostly) food photos of my adventures.Right now we are in Athens where we had this charcoal-grilled lamb pita… Read More
2015-09-13 09:40
This is probably the trickiest and most detailed cooking post I’ve ever written, mostly because matzah balls are the most divisive Ashkenazi food I know. Everyone has an opinion… Read More
2015-08-01 23:27
I like figs - dried, fresh and cooked. Fresh they are juicy and earthy. Dried they are little nuggets of complex sweetness. Cooked they bring color and flavor to a dish.I enjoy creating reci… Read More
2015-07-14 20:12
Recipe and photo courtesy of Chef Francois PayardI normally don't use others' recipes or photos but the pr person from Payard sent me these and I was smitten so I decided to share them anywa… Read More
2015-06-26 20:10
Think of the Manhattan Special as the Red Bull of its day, which goes back to 1895. Cold, sweet and intense, this espresso soda fueled many NYU study hours for me. Now available i… Read More
2015-06-25 19:39
Rhubarb Beet BorschtI'm still seeing lots of rhubarb on the shelves of my supermarkets and produce stores here in California, which seems late in the season for these purplish red and g… Read More
2015-06-17 05:01
Inspired by Negroni cocktails I had during the recent Negroni Week, I thought I would celebrate the Golden State Warriors' championship win tonight with the tipple. I also had almost e… Read More
2015-06-06 07:28
Sign from 2014 Celebration WeekendIf Sunset Magazine is said to celebrate the life in the West, the sale of it's famed 1951 Cliff May-designed Menlo Park campus is the end of an era and… Read More
2015-05-27 04:08
Bukharian Jews lived in Uzbekistan in Central Asia on the spice route, so the seasonings in their food are complex and satisfying. These mantu (meat-filled dumplings) are from Salute in the… Read More
2015-05-21 01:33
With 100 or so vendors of all kinds of international treats all around me, what did I choose? The fries from the Bolivian stand. And they were great tossed with garlic, cilantro… Read More
2015-05-09 18:37
Yes, this happened. This specimen is from Bleecker Street Pizza near where we ar staying. Great crust and texture, dry sausage. I'd go back but try a different topping. Read More
2015-05-08 04:31
These flatbreads covered with meat, tomatoes and onion are the work of Manousheh on Bleecker Street in the West Village. The staff was great, the oven roaring hot and t… Read More
2015-05-06 03:25
This photo is of what for me symbolizes the on-the-run, to-go breakfast of New York, a hard roll (known as a kaiser roll), split, buttered and stuffed with freshly fried eggs. Ideally… Read More
2015-03-04 02:04
Shushan Sunset and Sunrise. I can't tell the difference, so be careful.While dressing up, acting out Purimshpiels (Purim plays), making noise and listening to the story of how Queen Es… Read More
2015-02-25 18:08
I've been home about a week and I've caught up on my sleep but not my mail/email.Once I dig out I'll post a few more photos, work on some Southeast Asia recipes and post some other recipes a… Read More
2015-02-16 08:50
This street vendor was one of many we saw in Dalat, Vietnam, cooking this snack over a charcoal grill.First she heated a rice paper wrapper, then broke some quail eggs o… Read More
2015-02-15 12:30
Dalat, Vietnam, is famous for its strawberries, presenting Gary and me with a dilemna.Strawberries are one of those foods I won't eat overseas because of the water that goes into the product… Read More
2015-02-14 11:16
In every country I visited I signed up for a cooking class, looking for ones that were hands on, a bit beyond basic and with a mix of dishes familiar and unfamiliar.In Hanoi, I had a half da… Read More
2015-02-13 17:06
Piles of ripe, unprocessed cashews in the market in Nam Cat Dien, Vietnam.These nuts (technically seeds) grow beneath a dupe or false fruit. The false fruit falls off and the cashews a… Read More
2015-02-13 17:04
I'm in a beautiful lodge within Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, about four hours from Ho Chi Minh City. (Forest Floor Lodge.)Here's what they brought me for my iced coffee. I'll write… Read More
2015-02-13 17:04
The north of Laos has a different look and feel than the rest of the country, you definitely feel the presence of its giant neighbor, China. Its presence is felt in the look of some of… Read More
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