Food
March 30, 2009
- Here's the mango ice cream recipe. My children love this recipe, and as you'll see, it's amazingly easy. I'm going to give you two versions of this recipe.Take a half gallon of your favorite vanilla ice cream and leave it out on the kitchen counter until it softens.Take six ripe mangoes, peel, seed, chop, and blend. When the mangoes are pureed, fold them into the ice cream. Pour into a plastic ...
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March 29, 2009
- Some people who were at the CJM "4 Cups of Whine" event last night have asked for my recipes. I think this is the first time in my life that this has happened...in any case, these desserts are a hit at my Seder every year, especially with the teenagers. _________________________________________ Jello Shots: Chill a bottle of Manichewitz Concord Grape Passover wine; then substitute ...
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March 28, 2009
- One of my readers, Karen, asked for a recipe, and here it is. I should confess up front that I'm not a gourmet cook, not even close. My long-suffering family will vouch to that. When my two boys were little, I felt ambitious and American one Thanksgiving and made mashed potatoes from scratch. Took me hours. Afterwards, the boys asked me, very politely, Mom, from next ...
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March 17, 2009
- The closest I've been to Ireland is Conwy castle on the coast of Wales. It was summer, mid-way through college. I was in a naive and dreamy stage then, weighing my future options. Major in anthropology or English? "Save" others in the world ( did I mention naive?) or explore my own cultural identity in it? A trip to Kenya that same summer gave me a temporary focus for my ...
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February 13, 2009
- It's amazing to have all the great response from friends and fans of my blog. I really appreciate it, and I am so glad that so many kids, high schoolers and college students who have tried my recipes. Today, I thank Jackson, a 12-year-old friend of my son's, who took time to write a comment on my blog. With that in mind, I decided to share a breakfast treat and snack that's very popular at my ...
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February 13, 2009
- 10:49 am... Our boss is out of the office and we're talking about food. I looooove food. God, I love it. I prostrate myself at the altar of FOOD. I love restaurants. Wine lists. Amuse bouche. Bottled water for six bucks. Bread baskets. Sigh. I've been all around the world and had some tremendous meals. In palaces. On the street. Five-star restaurants. Crab shacks. I know my food. With that in ...
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February 5, 2009
- Tricycle has published a short feature I wrote during the financial meltdown: I've posted a link to it at my Articles corner; next time you're in the neighborhood, stop by. Tell me what you think.
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February 4, 2009
- I've been enjoying reading Edward Espe Brown's cookbook Tomato Blessings and Radish Teachings. I got interested in Brown when my friend Jerry said he started baking bread after reading Brown's The Tassajara Bread Book, which turned a lot of people onto baking bread.Brown started cooking when he was studying Zen and started cooking at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in California in the ...
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February 3, 2009
- I'm seriously thinking of writing another self-care book , this one focusing on weight. It 's tentatively called "From Weight to Wellness," and the basic idea is not to worry about weight but focus on living the healthiest, most positive life you can. It's very much my first book, "The Art of Getting Well" applied to weight issues. I've long noticed that most successful ...
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February 1, 2009
- I decided to begin a blog last fall when my husband and I took a trip to Southeast Asia. We went to Hong Kong and my husband's childhood home, the Philippines. I wanted to chronicle and share my thoughts and experiences from the trip.Since returning from our trip, I have continued to write about cultural experiences I have closer to home.Read my blog, Through My Eyes: Cultural Travels and ...
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