Juicy Beef Patties with Pineapple Salad (30-Minute Meal)
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I’ve never shared a meat recipe. I eat meat and love the flavor, but for moral reasons I limit myself to once a week —…
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Dubai Chocolate Kosher Passover
I hate following trends. I prefer to start them. Everyone is wearing Hokas, I wear Asics. Everyone switched to earbuds, I’m still on my first pair of Earpods. Everyone was making Dubai chocolate, I was…
Pumpkin With North African Flavors
I can’t believe I posted the recipe video for this vibrant, warming dish on Instagram and YouTube but never here. It’s January and pumpkins are still around, at least here in North Carolina, where I…
A Weekend Guide To Boston
Or, how to avoid getting frost bites in November in Boston! It was my second time in Boston. The first was about a month earlier, with the whole family. Had Leo, my eldest, not started…
Yogurt Bowl with Apples & Walnuts
Reposting this one because it’s been on our breakfast rotation for twenty-two years and shows no signs of leaving. This recipe was born 23 years ago, in the first trimester of my pregnancy with my…
Delicata Squash, Harissa Farro & Anchovies
I’m taking a break from creating new content to focus on a new project: introducing my grandmother’s Moroccan sesame anise cookies to America. Family and friends keep asking for them, so I’ve been mailing cookies…
Stuffed Collard Greens
I love stuffed vegetables but I’m rarely in the mood to make it myself. Though I love stuffing leaves — it’s like rolling a joint (says the woman who, in 51 years, has never actually…
Nourishing One-Pot Green Soup
A friend has been sharing his pain with me about his heartbreak after a 10-month relationship ended—heartbreak that could have been avoided if he had been willing to fully commit to her. I listened, took…
Best Vegetable Pita Sandwich
Pita is a hiding place, a sleeping bag, an edible bowl. Anything you tuck into a pita will be delicious. No wonder Eyal Shani’s Miznon restaurants are so successful. He didn’t invent pita sandwiches, but…
Broccoli Salad With Lemony Dressing
Did you know I was a private chef during the pandemic? I never mentioned that because it was brief and partly and wasn’t as exciting as it sounds. Not even cooking for Hollywood stars and…
Vegetable Gratin with Lemon Cashew Cream
Not much to tell. Although I did have a good day. I made a new friend who’s an astrologer, then went on a beautiful hike with my aunt and uncle at Catawba Falls. We followed…
Tomato Sauce with White Wine
Do you know what the problem is with being a digital nomad? You’re always missing something. You’re missing family, friends, kitchen tools, an ingredient. Last week I wanted to make my grandmother’s tea biscuits but…