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 […]
Gruenkern Stew
Doesn’t this picture look so pretty?!? I never really thought “pretty” would be the correct description for Gruenkern Stew, but here it is! I mean, this is the before shot, but it just shows you how uncomplicated the recipe truly is. As my German father-in-law, Morty, puts it, “German’s like to keep it simple and […]
Play-Dough Cookies
Yeah…that’s how Zach feels about these cookies! I have always loved playing with my food, so making a cookie that I (I mean Zach) can actually play with before baking is perfect. On a play date a few months ago, a friend of mine made cookie batter for the kids to play with and it […]
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 […]