Salmon with Chili-Mango Sauce – From Bon Appetit

Great night last night – our good friends Stacey and Ruth are expecting their baby in the next four weeks and we got together last night celebrate.
Great friends, good food, good wine – does it get better?
Killer Salmon above – was so delicious and easy to make. The recipe is simple and is [...]

Back from Berlin: Ricotta Spaetzle

An ode to Berlin. What a city. Check out this recipe for a new take on an old German favourite – Spaetzle.
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Curried Sweet Potato Latkes

Adapted from Joan Nathan’s Jewish Cooking in America.

You should also check out the website PBS has for her show of the same title. There’s a whole index of recipes. Enjoy!
Ingredients
1 lb sweet potatoes, peeled
1/2 c. matzo meal
2 tsp sugar 
1 tsp baking [...]

Pesto Latkes: From Scott Saunders

Check out Pesto Latkes –
Winner of the Multicultural Category – Latke Festival 2000 and 2001
 
Turns out, every year there is a Latkes Festival in Long Island – hosted by Robert Mummert (pictured below), the festival organizer.The festival has been going on for over 20 years – and they’ve featured latkes influenced by every culinary [...]

Sharmula – Morroccan Marinade

“Moroccan cooks, to cook thicker cuts of fish, use a kind of relish-marinade of finely sliced or torn herbs and spices called chermoulla, tchermila, chermoula, or charmoula, which are various transliterations for sharmula, derived from the word meaning “to tear lightly.” Some cooks gently heat the sharmula in a pan or liquefy everything in a [...]

Video: Dr. Shakshuka in Yaffo

NY Times: Put a Little Meat on Those Bones

NY TIMES: by Gina Kolata
“HEALTH and beauty. They seem inextricable. That smiling, slender woman on the cover of Self magazine. The ripped guy looking out from the pages of Men’s Health. They’re thin. Their eyes are bright. They look like they’re bursting with energy.
They may well be. But they might be better off if they [...]

Idit’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

These oatmeal chocolate chip cookies come from my sister Idit, who is somehow a little domestic diva. You can call her on any night of the week and chances are, she’s sipping a glass (or two) of wine and baking. These are easy to make and relatively healthy: no white sugar. Idit says, “They’re [...]

Plau B’samek: Fish with Rice

Ofir is a favorite in our family – oft confused as the twin brother of Eli Shem-Tov. You can see a great shot of him in the “About Us” section – he’s the good looking man on the left. (Am I objectifying you cuz?) Born and raised in Israel, he’s back to his birth country [...]

Fresh Pesto

Until I get my hands on the Poupolo Family recipe for Pesto, I will have to improvise. And luckily, our passion for cooking leaves us comfortable with improv. Add some nice white wine to the mixture, a splash of fresh lemon, ground pepper – and walnuts with the toasted pine nuts.
Ingredients

2 cups fresh basil [...]