My mother always hummed when she cooked. Typically, the small radio on the kitchen counter was turned to the Yiddish radio station, but if not, there was always a station that played sentimental music, lots of Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. I loved knowing that when I came home, music would be in the air [...]
Posts Tagged ‘recipes’
Moroccan Salmon
Posted in Fish, Parve (non-dairy), Shabbat, tagged garbanzo beans, Lemon, recipes, Salmon on February 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Spring Salads
Posted in Salad, Side Dish, Vegetable, tagged cabbage, coleslaw, cucumbers, Food, herbs, lettuce, recipes, salad, Tomatoes on May 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I am not sure when salads graduated from their humble beginnings to the gourmet status they have today, but I no longer dread eating them. Growing up in the Bronx of the 1950s, salads were tolerated and eaten because iceberg lettuce filled the need for a vegetable. No one worried about carbon footprints because there were [...]
Blueberry Buns
Posted in Breads, Dessert, Parve (non-dairy), tagged blueberries, challah, Lakewood, New Jersey, recipes, sweet buns, Yagda Bilkelach on April 25, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Blueberries are my favorite summer fruit. I love the color, texture, the little crown at the top of the berry, and the memories that I associate with this small delicate fruit that was plentiful on the East Coast. As a child I picked berries in Lakewood, New Jersey and watched my Tante Marisha and mother prepare [...]
