Breaking Bread Class
Hi everyone! I will be teaching a class next month at Los Angeles Valley College. If you live in Los Angeles, please join us. It’s going to be a fun and important class. Baking bread…
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Cooking Class In Los Angeles
Hi everyone, Next month I will be teaching a cooking class – “How to cook simple, delicious and nutritious meals” – at Los Angeles Valley College. If you’re from Los Angeles please join or forward…
Simple, Gluten-free Turkish-Style Sesame Bagels
I asked Kobi (that’s what I call it), the AI, to write a blog post about these Turkish bagels, and this is what it came up with: These gluten-free Turkish sesame bagels, also known as…
Roasted Pumpkin, Candied Pecans With Basmati Rice
Last week I was given 5 boxes packed with an huge variety of produce from Melissa’s Produce and four days later another big box arrived from Talley Farms. Now that I am a “micro-influencer” on…
tortas de aceite y anís (Anise Cookies)
These delightful Spanish cookies, tortas (cakes) de aceite y anís, are very similar to Reifat, Moroccan anise biscuits. I wonder who came up with the recipe; Did my ancestors bring it to Morocco with them…
simple cashew Ricotta
The recipe video for this cashew cheese is the most popular video on my instagram. I think the reason is that it’s pretty easy to make, and that it doesn’t require many or weird ingredients.…
Cabbage Tarte Tatin
It’s been a while since I posted anything. As some of you know – from Instagram – we moved again. This time not too far. To a close by neighborhood with a better public high…
Creamy Chana Masala
Vegan-boy wants chana masala. Teenage-boy prefers something with Korma sauce. Helicopter-dad doesn’t care. He’ll eat anything. Although he prefers to avoid chickpeas. They make him gussy. Neurotic-mom is up for Indian but not korma. It’s…
Gluten-Free Basic Yeasted Bread
Whenever the neurotic mom passes by a bakery that sells good sourdough bread, like Gjusta in Venice Beach, she buys one or two boules for her family. She can eat gluten, though it might give…
Crushed Ginger & Garlic Cubes
Teenage-boy craves Indian curries every day. His mom loves Indian food but hates peeling and grating ginger and garlic. Sometimes she asks teenage-boy to do it for her or cook for them. He is usually…
Vegan Chocolate Bar Topped With Granola
Vegan boy complains that there’s nothing sweet in the house. He threatens to go to CVS to buy candy. Neurotic mom says “Wait! Don’t go, I’ll make something”. Quickly she melts a bar of Trader’s…
Roasted Cauliflower & Cilantro over Vegan Yogurt
Summer, you’re hot, toasty, sweaty, smelly, and draining. Yet, I miss you in the winter and welcome you with open arms in the spring, You and this delicious and light cauliflower dish. This recipe works…