For Your Hanuka Grand Finale:Svinge


Being a born and bred Ashkenazi, I’d never heard of svinge, but then my daughter told me that was the Hanuka treat her Morrocan born mother in law was raised on. That naturally picqued my curiosity and when I saw a recipe for Svinge in the Modia kids section. I had to try it. Svinge … Continue reading »

Remembering Judith with Susan’s Lasagna


With  Chanuka .  drawing to a close I thought it was time to post my lasagna recipe. Last I checked there was no mitzva to eat lasagna on Chanuka though it is customary to eat dairy products to recall  the story of Judith, the daughter of Jochanan the High Priest and that is quite a story … Continue reading »

Latkes Rap


Here’s a cooking lesson cast in rhyme So your latkes can rock at Chanuka Time. Latkes are a part of our  history I’m going to unlock the mystery Of how to make them crisp and light For your guests to fress  on Chanuka night. Rule # 1 don’t skimp on oil ¼ inch   in the … Continue reading »

Joy of Kosher Best Blog Contest


Now it’s time for some reallyoutrageous self promotion.  Joy of Kosher is having a best kosher blogger contest and guess who wants to win??? Yours truly. You’ve been visiting here, enjoying my recipes and viewing my  (yes, I know, less than superlative but I’m trying ) photography at no cost. In a stroke of uncharacteristic … Continue reading »

Ode to Mollie Katzen


With my grocery shopping day still 24 hours in the future, I was going to finish off  the contents of my pantry which consisted of one bag of carrots, a few small onions and a stick of butter . Right away my mind turned to carrot soup  and Mollie Katzen.  In case the name Mollie … Continue reading »

Green Eggs and ……


Look at all those great greens! I  don’t know which green eggs it was that Dr. Suess’s notoriously finicky Sam didn’t like, but I bet it wasn’t Kookoo Sabzi.  Kookoo Sabzi is a very yummy and very healthy Iranian frittata like dish which happens to be green . If the name Kookoo Sabzi will inspire … Continue reading »