These rugelach would’ve been a lot better if only I’d remembered how much I dislike orange marmalade and used another jam instead, like apricot. Or strawberry, even. Marmalade is so bitter! Is it just me? Also, the recipe made two to three times more filling than was needed, which I realized early on, and yet [...]
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Well, this recipe almost made it up in time for Purim. I did St. Patrick’s Day, okay? What more do you want from me? I can’t do everything! Deep breath. Purim is really the most fleeting of the Jewish holidays. Every other year it comes and passes without my noticing, a shame since I love [...]
Remember when Gourmet folded and finished out the remainder of our subscriptions with issues of Bon Appetit? Well this is the one recipe I took away from that short-lived Bon Appetit subscription. (I declined to continue it but for some reason have had this intense longing for food magazines lately and so I might reconsider. It’ll [...]
If you’re looking for an easy, last-minute pigs in blankets recipe for this Sunday, allow me to redirect you. If something a little more anxiety-inducing and time-consuming was what you had in mind, then you’ve come to the right place.
Ever since I got my KitchenAid stand mixer, the husband has been asking me when I’m going to make fresh pasta. I keep telling him, no, it’s not a pasta maker, the pasta maker is a separate attachment thingy that costs extra money. Well then what does that thing do? he asks, referring to the [...]
Your eyes do not deceive you. This is in fact cheesesteak pie, birthday dinner number two. For those of you who don’t know what I’m referring to, allow me to get you up to speed. For his birthday my husband requested that I make him three separate dinners (every time I read this it seems [...]

















