Tuesday is “fish night” is my house….much to the chagrin of my children. When they enter the house, knapsacks and shoes deposited in every which direction, they enter cautiously with a sort of “say-it-ain’t-so” kind of expression, one so undeserved of the Omega-6 dish that awaits them. I take no offense though. Most American children […]
Tu b’Shvat, the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat is also known as the New Year for the Trees. I would say “Happy New Year”…if I could see a tree underneath all that snow. Seems strange to celebrate when the trees are so bare, a shell of nature’s best design . But the […]
In junior high school, I had a teacher that went on a “grapefruit diet”. Every day, she seemed to come to school with her grapefruit in tow, and I being one that appreciated food (yes, even then!), I couldn’t help but shrug in bewilderment. As the pounds came off, she certainly didn’t seem to mind […]
With Chanukah just a few days away, all the fun recipes for entertaining get pulled out. There is a simple reason for this: Chanukah parties are a fun, laid back time to chill with family and friends over the soft glow of the menorah’s candles…and eat copious amounts of fried food. Fried food and cheese, […]
Walking down the spice aisle of the local supermarket is depressing. Bottle stacked upon over-priced bottle filled with stale spices that were ground in the sometime distant past. I close my eyes and wish myself back to the Shuk Machane Yehuda, where spice markets abound at the biggest marketplace in Jerusalem. Where mounds of freshly […]
It’s here, it’s here! Welcome to the new Kosher Cooking Concepts and welcome to my new blog! Months in the making, I’m so proud to offer this space to YOU, the reader — a much more updated and interactive experience than my former, now-retired website. A website is a lot like a house – even […]
