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...

I am lucky enough to work in a hospital filled with great nurses (some who grow amazing produce). One such specimen is this 4 lbs, 6 oz zucchini given to me late this summer.   The obvious thing to do was make Zucchini Pizza. This is not zucchini placed as a topping on your traditional...

Every summer my father plants gorgeous eggplants. While he doesn’t care for them, my mom and I go crazy. I love eggplant parm and am still searching for the perfect eggplant parm sub in Cambridge (let me know if you have a favorite place). The eggplant is either undercooked and bitter or...

Rosh Hashannah is the Jewish New Year. We celebrate by getting together with friends and family and sharing apples dipped in honey. The apples signify health and honey is sweet – symbolically wishing everyone a healthy and sweet new year. This year, I decided to combine the traditional...