• manicotti

    - - ​I’ve been blogging about food for four years. I can’t believe in all that time I haven’t shared my mother’s recipe for manicotti. Could it be that I haven’t made them in four years? I had a craving...

  • spreading my wings

    - - ​I am always on the search for new chicken recipes as we eat so much of it. Leading up to the Passover holiday, Joan Nathan, a renowned cook and cookbook author of Jewish cuisine, wrote about a recipe...

  • sugar and spice

    [Image description] A few months ago my husband’s cousin shared an online a recipe for cinnamon scones she found on the “Smitten Kitchen” food blog. I’ve been hesitant to bake more sweet treats besides...

  • chocolate fix

    [Image description] Several weeks ago in the New York Times column, “Here to Help,” there was a recipe for chocolate mug cake. I have been resisting temptation to try this recipe, however, I couldn’t...

  • I'm still here

    - Chicken with Shallots and Grapes. - Shakshuka before baking. - Shakshuka with Feta I don’t know about you, but I can’t sit still for very long. Ever since the lockdown, I’ve been trying to cook...

  • spring

    - - - - - - Last fall, my husband built a cold frame for wintering over my herbs. They lasted well into January, probably due to the mild winter we had. Unfortunately, the basil lasted only until November,...