Every time I get a new Cook’s Illustrated there is at least one thing that I must make immediately. This month it was Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. These cookies were amazing!!! A perfect balance between chocolate sugar cookies and brownies. I used Dutch-processed cocoa powder, so they...

I like to entertain and to have something for my guests to snack on. My go-to is this super easy, very impressive recipe for cinnamon sugar almonds. They taste great and make the house smell amazing!! I serve them alone or with cheese and crackers. I always have them on hand at home (in an...

It is finally starting to feel like fall around here. The temperature has dropped to the 60s, the air is crisp and the leaves run the whole gamut from red to yellow. Thus, not only is it soup weather, it’s chili weather!!! I like a meaty chili with simple flavors, a nice background of...

My dad moved to Israel just when it declared its independence. He had (and still has) a huge sweet tooth and the developing country did not have any candy stores, thus his mother would make candied orange peel from the orange grove in the front yard. Every year I try to make him this delicacy...

I had some friends over late in the summer and was looking for an easy and fun dessert. Earlier that week my Cooking Light magazine came and it had the perfect thing: Pina Colada Skewers!!! It’s a dessert and cocktail in one! They were a huge hit! They take some time because you...