I love Mandelbrot. It is similar to biscottis just with Ashkenazi origins instead of Italian ones and a slightly different texture. I believe both cookies are better when dipped in chocolate. These cookies remind me of childhood. When I was in grade school there was extra time between school ending and either my ballet class […]
I had never tried pistachio salmon before and then last Fall it felt like pistachio crusted salmon was at every fancy event. I had it at Kiddushes, bridal showers, weddings. It was the culinary highlight of all of these events for me. I then began on the journey of recreating it at home. It took […]
Pretzel challah is good but sourdough pretzel challah is better- after all sourdough pretzels are better. While you can use the directions for the pretzel challah with my classic challah recipe, I highly recommend sourdough. More detailed instructions can be found at my sourdough recipe. Most of this recipe follows the same instructions. I made […]
A few months ago I had the idea of sourdough challah. I have been really into sourdough recently (in part because once you have the starter it is honestly easier than making bread totally from scratch). When I searched the internet for a recipe for it that would tell me how much yeast to add […]
Once I made the mistake of leaving the city for more than a month (kidding, sort of) by studying abroad in Australia and I found myself with no good bagels anywhere. The store-bought ones were atrocious (not even boiled). I did finally find some good ones made by someone from Brooklyn, but that was months […]
We received this beautiful Chrysler building bundt cake pan as an engagement present and we have been so excited to use it. The Chrysler building is my favorite building and despite having been in the city since COVID began we haven’t gone to midtown or anywhere else you would see it since before March, so […]
As wonderful as the strawberry shortcake was it still left us with a plethora of strawberries. The days are hot here in New York and popsicles sounded perfect. These strawberry lemonade popsicles are very easy and a refreshing treat. A lot of people make lemonade with a simple syrup which to me sounds like far […]
The other weekend we went upstate to get away for a weekend and hike. We ended up stopping at a farm to pick strawberries and raspberries on our way home. Both were plentiful and delicious. We came back with a giant pail of strawberries. I remember as a child having strawberry shortcake on days we […]
I truly believe I have the best challah recipe. Have I had other excellent challahs? Yes, but I will never make a different recipe (my sourdough challah recipe aside, but that is a topic for another post). This recipe is the right amount doughy, the right amount sweet, and, when you broil it for the […]