Healthy tehina/tahina/tachina/tahini dressing or dip or sauce I make this dip most weeks. We dip bread in it on Sabbath and I use it as sa...

My good friend Allyson has been making natural household products for a couple years and just launched a business selling natural body p...

Winter is over and the nettles are not looking so hot. Now is your last chance! Find a shady spot with some spunky looking nettles and (...

There is a lovely tradition in many communities that after a women has a baby, people bring her family meals for a week or so.  One of the m...

I often use prepackaged spice mixes.  Since you might not be able to find exactly what I'm using, I thought I'd share what is common...

If it sounds like I'm focusing too much on the food, it's partly because this is a food blag, and partly because I really like food....

I was at my friend's house last week and asked her mother if she was still growing alfalfa sprouts.  I had them in salads and wraps at t...

There's nothing like a nice crisp, even sweet, salad on these hot summer days.  Putting strawberries, orange sections, dried cranberries...

I just read that Tarragon likes a hot sunny spot and is very tolerant of drought and poor soil.  That must be why it's doing so well und...

First, I have some personal news to share.  There is a reason I have not felt like thinking or writing about food for the past few months.  ...

In honor of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer , I took out our tiny charcoal grill and played with matches until I had something I thoug...

Hey there foodies!  I’ve missed you. I’ve been dealing with some rotating family illness, but all three of my kids are finally back in schoo...

  The last couple weeks I've been steaming chicken breast in my pressure cooker.  I've taken chicken from frozen to juicy with grea...

The second time I met Hannah K. of Cooking Manager , we were walking home from a class last winter and she started pointing out all these ed...

Please welcome Rivki Locker of Kosher Cooking for Ordinary People and Healthy Eating for Ordinary People .  Rivki describes herself as ...

Were you wondering what happened to the black olives I separated after Part 1 of our Adventure ?  I started the process of dry curing them. ...

I first learned about fenugreek (chilba/hilba in Hebrew) when someone suggested my mother try it to relieve acid reflux. She bought the raw ...

My mom, "Bubbe", is an artist and graphic designer ; and she has a very special way of staying connected to my kids.  Several time...

Last week I made a hearty. delicious soup while shooting the most boring 15 minutes of video footage known to man.  I kept the soup and scra...

Amnon from the local outdoor market - shuk soup nuts - shkedei marak Last week I cooked some repeats (including Onion Challah , th...