For some time now I have been thinking about posting a little spring vegetable often overlooked and yet so delicious and easy to make. Have you every seen those gnarled downright ugly looking bulbous roots with scrawny celery stalks and leaves sticking out of them at a farm … [Read more...] about Apio Agra Dulce, Celery Root with Lemon
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Passover Stuffed Miniature Chickens
This recipe is from Judy Zeidler's 'The Gourmet Jewish Cook' that I altered only slightly. It is one of my favorites. When I cook for the Passover Seder I love to include this dish since one of my principles for easy entertaining is; … [Read more...] about Passover Stuffed Miniature Chickens
Moroccan Salmon for Passover
One of my dear friends and I were trading recipes and menus for the upcoming Passover holiday. She explained her method for making Moroccan style salmon. I have encountered many recipes for Moroccan style fish, but they usually include garbanzo beans and are made with white … [Read more...] about Moroccan Salmon for Passover
Passover Halibut Plaki
Plaki typically refers to a Greek baked fish dish with vegetables. My Nona (grandmother) made a dish she referred to as Plaki. The recipe, long forgotten, is a bit of a mystery and all I remember is that is contained green grapes and mild white fish. I thought I would give it … [Read more...] about Passover Halibut Plaki
Haroset for Passover
Just as the Jewish slaves in Egypt under the rule of the Pharaoh, made endless numbers of bricks there are an endless number of haroset recipes. The haroset or the symbolic mortar held the bricks together. Since I was a child coloring in my picture book Haggadah shel Pesach, I … [Read more...] about Haroset for Passover
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