Passover Cake You Can Eat All Year
I can’t imagine what it’s like to have a food restriction. Scratch that, I totally can. I did the Ideal Protein diet a few years ago and lost 40 lbs in three months eating only…
Vegetable Kugel with Matzah
When I think of Passover I think of two things: my stepmother’s guest list and vegetable kugel with matzah. For years my stepmother has been channeling her mother (Grandma Shirley) who was notorious for opening…
Feeling Old is Fleeting at Rich Table
Though at times I’ve been rightfully accused of embodying any one, or all, of these character flaws (or traits); I don’t mean to sound self-absorbed, self-centered, or self-obsessed when I say this—but it’s true, I…
Roasted Whole Red Snapper with Cilantro Serrano Pesto
“O Kitchen, Kitchen, wherefore art thou Kitchen?” If you’ve had a chance to listen to the Bay Seasoning podcast (check it out if you haven’t already, subscribe, and let me know what you think), you’ll…
Dead fish and triangle-shaped cookies
Get excited because the Jewish response to Halloween, Purim, is almost here and we get to eat Hamantaschen! What are hamantaschen? Triangle-shaped cookies, that just so happen to remind us of the biblical villain, Haman. Growing…
Love-Heart Cake Balls
I…like millions of people I’m sure, hate Valentines Day. I know that’s an intense way to describe a holiday meant to commemorate the love we share for our family, and friends, but “hate” is the…
Guy Savoy & the Lost Art of Storytelling
Dry, from overly air-conditioned Las Vegas casino, my eyes struggled to make sense of the slow-moving hands on the dealer’s watch. “What time is it?” I asked, swallowing whatever remnant saliva I could muster up…
Driving to Seydisfjordur
The 30 minutes it took to drive from Egilsstaðir to Seydisfjordur flew by with all the fantastic scenery along the way. We stopped to take some Insta-worthy photos of this giant frozen lake and noticed…