Yeah, there are almost no words to describe this Fourth of July chili dog…but don’t worry, I found a few! I hope you like spicy food because this chili will rock your world. Along with chili flakes, cayenne pepper and chipotle hot sauce, I’ve added bhut jolokia chili pepper, otherwise known as the Ghost Chili. […]
Nectarine Pickles
Don’t be afraid! I didn’t actually make pickles and nectarines, although I think that sounds kind of good. What you are looking at is a jar of pickled nectarines and they taste incredible. I recommend that you go out as soon as you finish reading this post and buy a bunch of fresh nectarines. That’s […]
Grilled Veal with Horned Melon Sauce
I was walking through the completely cleaned-up fruit aisle at Seasons grocery store on Central Avenue (in Long Island, New York) and I found this fruit that I had never seen before. It was spiky and actually hurt to pick up! The sticker on the fruit said that it was a horned melon and I was immediately […]
Banana Blueberry Streusel Bread
Every week, I buy new bananas for the house because I have two hungry children who love bananas. But sometimes they hang in the corner of my kitchen for a while and don’t get touched…and then they turn brown. Poor bananas! Feeling abandoned and alone, I usually use the overripe fruit for banana cakes, breads […]
Zwetschgenkuchen (Plum Cake)
So what is Zwetschgenkuchen? And how do you pronounce it? I never say it right, but I guess you would say tsvetch-gen-kuchen. If you really can’t say it, just call it a plum cake, or a plum kuchen. Basically, it is the #1 dish that my father-in-law asks me to bake for him when I […]
Savtah’s Famous Beef Tongue
Food memories are a huge part of my life, especially since I spend so much time thinking about food. When I think of my childhood, I think of comfort foods like tuna casserole, meatballs and rice, Wacky Mac, nachos, and homemade overnight potato kugel (thanks Mom). But those are just the memories from my own […]