I’m obsessed with Turkish food— I must have some Turkish DNA. While I haven’t made it to Istanbul yet (hopefully soon, when circumstances allow), I’ve been devouring Musa Dağdeviren’s cookbook The Turkish Cookbook. Where I…
I don’t know how comfortable you are about including non-traditional dishes, like this one, in your Thanksgiving feast. If you are open to it, then you must try this one. It requires only four ingredients…
These Spanish cookies (tortas de aceite y anís) are the delicate sisters of my grandmother’s anise cookies. They taste very similar, but the Iberian cookies are flaky and dissolve in the mouth. Whereas the Moroccan…
My recipe video of this cashew cheese is my most popular video on Instagram. I am not sure how it became viral. I’m assuming someone with large following, liked that that the recipe is extremely…
It’s been a while since I posted anything. As some of you know, from my Instagram stories, we moved, again. This time not too far though. To a close-by neighborhood that has a better public…
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…
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…
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 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…
Summer, you’re hot, toasty, sweaty, smelly, exhausting, Yet, I miss you in the winter and welcome you with open arms in the spring. You and this refreshing and light cauliflower dish. This recipe works also…
Some rigid on instagram got uncomfortable when I called a non-dairy cheese cheese. Well a) what am I supposed to call it? Bob? and b) who cares what we call it? c) I get uncomfortable…
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…