Category: holidays
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Fig-Apricot Compote & Giving Thanks
It’s difficult to make the transition from talking about someone in the present tense to the past. Grandma Ruth likes liked likes liked to bake. She made chocolate bit cookies the size of a half-dollar, taught me how to make coffee-vanilla-caramel puddings from scratch, and always whipped up a banana bread with lemon icing for… Read more
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Rosh Hashanah Recipe 2 & Happy New Year!
Rosh Hashana Recipe & Happy New Year Read more
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Recipes for Rosh Hashanah Part 1 & Faith & Multi-tasking
This morning Will, 4, asks for paper so he can make a book about “Evan the Horse.” He knows no one named Evan nor do we have a horse. The paper comes from my office and the book involves wobbly letters written in no particular order and lots of tape. Julia has a fever and… Read more
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Passover Potato Gnocchi with Spring Greens
We’re back from a few days of off-season fun on Martha’s Vineyard. We walked in the rain, took the puppy into the cold ocean, looked for shells and seaglass, annoyed siblings in the car, tried to further annoy siblings at dinner/back in the car/at the fudge shop/in front of ye olde houses, made siblings nearly… Read more
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Passover, Freedom, Matzo Ball Soup, Goodbye
When I was pregnant with my first child, my grandfather used to meet me for breakfast or lunch at a slightly grungy diner up the street. Even if we met for breakfast, I’d order soup. “You’re a cheap date,” he’d say. “That’s what I hear,” I’d reply and scoop up broth, carrots, and celery. I… Read more
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Jams & Spring
As we head into spring…think about custom gift baskets from EMMA’s PANTRY or select items for Mother’s Day. Today’s batch includes a new flavor: Triple Berry Jam – the depth of blackberries matched with the tang of blueberries and the sweetness of strawberries. Available for shipping or local delivery. Ask about custom flavors or dietary… Read more
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Marbled Berry Cake for Passover and Honey Cake, too
Confession: I’m not a huge cake-lover. My husband grew up on sheet cakes and still gravitates towards their slightly plastic frosting. If I eat cake, it’s more apt to be a coffee cake (my brothers and I used to fight over the crumb topping) or one that somehow beats a great cookie. I love the… Read more
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Cooking with Leftovers
Waste Not, Want Lots –Or, How I Emptied the Fridge for My Spring Vacation Bizarre child that I was, I loved clipping coupons. I’d grab the shiny inserts from the Sunday papers, cut them with my mother’s special scissors, and arrange them in neat stacks on the counter where my parents would promptly ignore them… Read more