Vipassana Sunflower Seed Dressing
I arrived at the Dhamma Vipassana center in North Fork on Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 at 4 PM. My husband drove me there with his mother in the front and my youngest next to me in the back. I could…
Easy To Make Hot Sauce
One of the most annoying things in my work as a recipe developer is titling the recipes—giving them appealing names. Nowadays it’s not enough to call a recipe by its name; you have to add a keyword that will lure…
How To Make Herb Salt
Do you write a journal? I do. I write almost everyday. I write almost every day. Why? For different reasons. Partially because I want to leave something behind for my family. Perhaps my offspring would be as curious about their…
Frozen Garlic Ginger 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 up for it. But most…
Lemony Tahini Dip with Tomato
Although I grew up in Israel and was familiar with tahini, the first time I had tahini as a dip, rather than as the sauce that moistens your falafel, was when I moved to New York in 1997. My friend-sister,…
Simple Green Hot Sauce
When you have some 1 or more fresh or wrinkly jalapeños that you’re not sure what to do with, make this Yemenite chimichurri. It would last for a month and you can use it during the week on avocado or…
Easy Smoky Harissa
How To Make Harissa
Harissa is a North African spicy sauce made with dried California (Anaheim) peppers, small hot chilies, garlic and spices. Traditional harissa is very spicy—too spicy for me—and I like spicy food. My sensitive palate doesn’t appreciate when one flavor cancels…