Monday, May 21, 2012. Put it down to work, travels or other interests, my love for food and cooking has never been lost.

Mushroom, Lentil, and Chestnut Ragù. A ragu is meant to be a little bit sauce-like, but mine was more solid. This is my version of the Myra Kornfeld recipe in my favorite cookbook, the Voluptuous Vegan. I bought my copy about 10 years ago and have slowly worked my way through ever since, triumph by delectable triumph. Allow yourself a generous 3 to 4 hours. It tastes like Thanksgiving! 1 Cup whole roasted chestnuts from a jar.

These homemade vanilla wafers, courtesy of my friend Nick at ChefSteps, might not look like the Nabisco variety, .

And receive a list of some of our favorite Tel Aviv restaurants.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018. Passover is THE list holiday. For me, it starts the previous year.

Monday, June 27, 2011. To see our latest posts. Sunday, June 19, 2011. The answer, at the moment, appears to be Israel! Upon word that cottage cheese prices would be almost doubled. Sunday, April 3, 2011.

Tasty morsels from the table of Thy Tran. Making Banh Cuon in Can Tho, Vietnam. March 3rd, 2012 by Thy Tran. Here, two guys are working together in a very closely synchronized switch-off. March 2nd, 2012 by Thy Tran. The voices you hear are my mom and me.

If French is the language of love what about Turkish! To the Turks I believe it would be food. Food is thier way to express themselves to one and all, to thier children, to thier friends, to thier spouses and lovers. I would like to introduce a challenge from Very Good Recipes. Frugal Antics of a Harried Homemaker. I will be making Meze dishes for our special evening and this will be the feature. Surounded with the classic Shephards Salad.

As most wandering folks know, every time you move a little more of your sanity slips away. I like to think it gives me, as an individual, and us as a family, great perspective. But it might just be making us nuts. Naturally, if you are a bitter, angry, misera.