Today I am making soup for a family in our community who is sitting shiva .  Our condolences to the family and friends of  Nechama Gittel Ch...

In memory of Nechama Gittel Chaya bat Yakov  http://ornechama.org/ .  Donate money or leave your thoughts, memories, or stories of Nechama ...

I admit it.  I'm guilty of Googling my blog.  "Cooking Outside the Box" is now over one month old and I decided to see if it c...

I'm no vegetarian, but if a creature is killed to be our dinner, we should treat it with respect and use as much of it as we can.  When ...

Were you wondering what happened to the zucchini guts (shown below) from my stuffed zucchini ?  I made muffins to celebrate some little succ...

I've mentioned my technique for making a sauce for fish from mayonnaise.  I thought it was time to demonstrate.  Traditional mayonna...

This dish was inspired by Miriam Kresh's mush more elegant dish Sweet Potato and Lentil Salad  on IsraeliKitchen.com .  I ignored Miriam...

My high school friend, Emily, likes her bananas a little green and crunchy.  She'd have it easy in my house.  I like my bananas freckled...

As I said in my original stuffed zucchini post, I suggested to my friend Tzippy that we both make stuffed zucchini and then compare what we...

In this post I want to feature two things you probably have in your kitchen and don't use often enough: A melon baller and a medicine sy...