It’s a busy time and cooking has taken a back seat, for now, but I am busy planning menus and hope to have some photos and recipes to share soon. As requested, here are some links to my favorite Passover recipes. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments as I always enjoy [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Eggplant’
Coconut Macaroons and other favorite Passover recipes
Posted in Passover, tagged chicken, Coconut Macaroons, Eggplant, Favorite Passover Recipes, Passover Desserts, Passover recipes, Perisian Haroset on April 12, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Moussaka
Posted in Chicken, Turkey, tagged Eggplant, ground chicken, Ground Turkey, Memories of the Grand Concourse, Moussaka, The Bronx, tomato sauce on October 3, 2010 | 4 Comments »
My mother would hang the wet laundry on clothes lines that were strung across the rooftop of our building. She carried it up the stairs in a laundry basket with her wooden clothespins resting on top. On her way up she would pass the apartment of an Italian family with a daughter named Rosemary, who [...]
Rachel’s Eggplant Salad
Posted in Appetizer, Salad, tagged Eggplant, Israeli eggplant dish, salad, Sephardic food, Side Dish, Tomatoes on September 12, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Growing up, all of my parents’ friends were Polish Jews. As immigrants, they wanted to surround themselves with people who had similar experiences and backgrounds, people who shared common customs, language, and food. It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I met Jews who looked different, spoke Hebrew or Ladino (as opposed to Yiddish), [...]
Baladi Eggplant
Posted in Appetizer, Parve (non-dairy), Shavuot, Side Dish, Vegetable, tagged appetizer, Eggplant, Grilled eggplant, Moishe House, Tehina on May 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My youngest son, Micah, just moved into a Moishe House in Los Angeles and Norm and I were thrilled to be invited for Shabbat dinner. It was potluck and I decided to bring an appetizer, main course, and dessert. I had just purchased three eggplants and Micah suggested that I make them Baladi style, a dish [...]
Marinated Eggplant
Posted in Appetizer, Side Dish, Vegetable, tagged appetizer, Eggplant, marinated eggplant, Pareve (non-dairy), Passover on March 18, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Many years ago I was a volunteer on Kibbutz Usha in Northern Israel. I asked to be assigned to the dairy and was given the morning shift, working side by side with an Arab named Hasan, a kind and willing teacher. It was quite an experience for a girl from New York. For me, the [...]
