Top 10 Holiday Essentials
Six summers ago we gave up holidaying in hotels. It all just became too stressful – containing young children in public eating spaces for three meals a day, not having ...
Six summers ago we gave up holidaying in hotels. It all just became too stressful – containing young children in public eating spaces for three meals a day, not having ...
Last week I officially kicked off the holiday season with the smallest Thanksgiving turkey ever to grace my oven. Although most celebrations this year were unlike any other, or placed ...
Every year it happens. School finishes for the summer, and lacking any desire to tackle early morning departures over the holidays, I take the executive decision that summer camp is ...
The month long marathon of Jewish holidays is rapidly approaching and I am back in to the kitchen after weeks of traveling and barely cooking a meal. Rosh Hashana kicks ...
IThese days I like to keep home cooking as simple as possible. When the opportunity arises I make double of anything I can to keep or freeze giving me a secret stash of soup, grains…
The end of the year is basically a full on blur of entertaining and indulging. And because I never like to miss an opportunity to jump on both those bandwagons, I’m here with my last…
Something happens to me around festivals and holidays. I become fixated on (a) seasonal baked good(s) and transform my kitchen into a gift making factory. Often I am not even sure who will be the…
It has been a month of excess here. Jewish holidays, ridiculous amounts of entertaining and a brief Italian interlude for a friend's spectacular birthday celebration, puts me on an official indulgent meal break.
There ain't no party like a Latke Party……. It's Hanukkah next week and this year I am making a variety of flavours (and some new sauces to go on top. Let's just call it the…
Last week, for the first time ever, I taught a class. Patience is not a virtue that I really possess, and thus I always assumed that without patience, I could never teach. But as I…
I have been heavily nesting. Baby no. 4 is due next weekend, and somehow it only dawned on me on our return from Suffolk that the arrival was fairly imminent.
When the shit hits the fan, I bake. Given the current state of our world, my kitchen now resembles a small bake shop. The boys are well snacked, friends get treats, a little late night…
One of my personal triumphs of this year so far is mastering labeneh. If I am being truly honest, it was more a realisation that things are not always as hard as they seem than…
The Modern House Journal It was quite a thrill to have our home featured in the Modern House Journal this month. Over coffee and cookies we spent the morning talking ...
These chocolate meringue biscuits are undoubtedly the dessert that I make most often. My quick as a flash go to pudding. Likelihood is, if you have eaten at my house, you have tried these rich,…
Last night we lit the first Hanukkah candles and to accompany the eight day celebration of miracles and lights, there were latkes. Because there is an unwritten rule around here that every holiday must be…