For the last 4 years, I have been one of the lucky beneficiaries of Chef Monsta’s cuisine. Our friendship began at Tel Aviv University where Monsta schooled me in the art of the perfect chopped Israeli salad. Back in New York a year later in our shared NoLiTa apartment, the tantalizing smell of schnitzel and [...]
What kind of Jewish girl would I be if I did not know how to make a proper chicken soup? Last week I felt the onset of a cold. I made some of this magic penicillin and I swear I was cured. Take that, doctors.
Ingredients:
Chicken bones/necks/wings
1 bullion cube
7 cups of water
2 cups of vegetable stock
1 [...]
My family’s Labor Day Monday was full of fun and celebrations. My older sister got married to the best guy ever at the beautiful Pleasantdale Chateau, in West Orange, NJ. The food was catered by the AMAZING Main Event Caterers who are based out of Englewood, NJ. I don’t have many food pics [...]
I love hummus. But it isn’t really main course material…until now. I have had components of this dish together many times, but never all piled on one another. Eggplant and hummus are a classic combination. Hummus with grilled chicken or ground beef is quite the delicacy. But here is the ultimate middle eastern combination: Eggplant, [...]
I had some lamb in the freezer and wanted to whip up a dish that was not a traditional stew. I would love to make lamb kabobs, but unfortunately don’t have a grill or broiler function on my oven in my little NYC apartment. So I decided to cook up a faux tagine [Moroccan [...]
