Tag: comfort food
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Hazelnut, Pistachio and Cherry Thin Cookies
Thin is a descriptor of the cookies — not what you will be if you start eating these and don’t stop, as I am wont to do! These cookies have become mine and Daniel’s signature bake — to the point that we have friends and community members request them when we visit, rather than sending…
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Classic Potato Latkes
I love watching food bloggers and up-and-coming food stars; they always have the best tips, two of which I think are great. The first: to keep your oil from turning bitter with lots of black bits floating around, add 2-inch pieces of raw carrots to the oil along with whatever you are cooking; the carrot…
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Savta’s Kubeh
Kubeh is the dish I most closely associate with my Savta (Grandmother). Not a Friday went by that she didn’t make kubeh—the finicky-to-shape dough made of kneaded bulgur and flour, barely held together. Yet in her hands, the dough was easily manipulated into a thin shell that held within it a ground beef and onion…
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Chicken in a pot with potatoes – Chicken Sofrito
A classic Sephardi dish of golden chicken and melt-in-your-mouth potatoes—slow-cooked in tradition and rich with flavour. Sofrito is a dish found in nearly every Sephardi family, with each household claiming its own unique version. Traditionally, it involves slow-cooking meat—whether chicken, lamb, or beef—in its own juices. Towards the end of the cooking time, lightly fried…
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We Win Every Time!
Comfort food & how to fight for truth from your sofa (Lentil Soup recipe) Are you crying? I’m crying because, despite my advice from last week, I am still doom scrolling. But at the same time, I am no longer watching mainstream media. You see, I live in the UK, and BBC News makes me…
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Snickerdoodles
Snickerdoodles were my favourite cookie growing up. More than chocolate or vanilla, my very favourite sweet flavour is cinnamon. And these cookies—with their unique texture—were the ones I craved. Crisp on the outside with their crackly cinnamon-sugar coating and chewy on the inside, they get me every time. I’ve passed down the snickerdoodle obsession to…
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Lentil Soup
I grew up in a very European home, so dinner every night of the week started with soup. Even though we rarely sat together as a family for dinner aside from Friday nights, my mum would always have a soup ready as the opening course of any supper. I’m not as consistent as my mother,…
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Krupnik (Mushroom Barley) Soup
A Krupnik soup would have been a staple in any Polish home. In Jewish homes, due to kosher dietary restrictions, two different versions emerged: a parve one and a meaty one. The parve version was often served with sour cream. Once in America, this soup became a classic in Jewish delis. Don’t be daunted by…
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Roasted Garlic & Butternut Squash Soup
This soup is almost entirely made in the oven, involving roasting unpeeled vegetables and then blending them with chicken or vegetable stock. It’s one of my ‘Plan B’ recipes – perfect for those times when everything else seems to fail, yet you still crave a hearty home-cooked meal. It’s not only easy and quick, but…