Pumpkin With North African Flavors
I can’t believe I posted the recipe video for this Moroccan-influenced dish on my Instagram and YouTube, but not here. Pumpkins are still around in North Carolina, where I’m living now, but I’m not sure…
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Weekend In Boston & Wine Jelly
I had never been to Boston until my son, Leo, started college there. It’s not that I didn’t want to visit – I just didn’t have a good excuse. Plus, my up-to-date-on-tech-developments-but-not-so-much-on-urban-development husband was there…
Yogurt Bowl with Apples & Walnuts
Reposting this recipe because it’s one of our favorite breakfasts. This recipe was born in the first trimester of my pregnancy with my son Leo, when everything but fresh fruit and yogurt made me nauseous.…
Spicy Stuffed Delicata Squash
I’m taking a break from creating new content to focus on a new project: introducing my grandmother’s Moroccan sesame anise cookies to America. Family and friends keep asking for them, so I’ve been mailing cookies…
Stuffed Collard Greens
I love stuffed vegetables but I’m rarely in the mood to make it myself. Though I love stuffing leaves — it’s like rolling a joint (says the woman who, in 51 years, has never actually…
5 Ingredients One Pot Green Soup
A friend has been sharing his pain with me about his heartbreak after a 10-month relationship ended—heartbreak that could have been avoided if he had been willing to fully commit to her. I listened, took…
Best Vegetable Pita Sandwich
Pita is a hiding place, a sleeping bag, an edible bowl. Anything you tuck into a pita will be delicious. No wonder Eyal Shani’s Miznon restaurants are so successful. He didn’t invent pita sandwiches, but…
Green Salad With Lemony Dressing
I don’t think I ever told you that I worked as a private chef for six months. I didn’t mention it because it was such a brief gig and honestly, not that exciting—not even cooking…
Vegan Vegetable Gratin
There are only a few ways I can tolerate the sweetness of butternut squash: when it’s roasted and mixed with harissa or something spicy and tart that settles its intense sweetness, in spicy curries, and…
Tomato Sauce with White Wine
Do you know what the problem is with being a digital nomad? You’re always missing something. You’re missing family, friends, kitchen tools, an ingredient. Last week I wanted to make my grandmother’s tea biscuits but…
The Perfect Rosh Hashanah Salad
I’ve made so many freaking variations of this Waldorf salad—with pineapple like my sister taught me, with blood oranges in the winter, with Asian pear, and now for Rosh Hashanah. With apples and honey. I…
Fluffy Matcha Pancakes
I have been wanting to make matcha pancakes forever! I kept seeing them everywhere – on Instagram and pancake mix packaging at Mitsuwa, the Japanese supermarket chain. The pictures on the packaging looked good, but…