By the end of Passover I am always scrambling for some way to excite my family, and myself, about one more matzoh meal. Last year, I saved Martha Stewart’s Banana Maple Matzoh Brei for the last lunch of Passover. And what a treat is was! But be careful, our bananas were almost over-ripe so it…
Category: Kosher
Persian Haroset
First, I must apologize for not having my slew of photos for you. I did not expect this experiment to turn out so well on the first shot. The Haroset turned out so well, I had to quickly cover it and put it in the fridge to keep from eating it all now! SO I…
Kalam Polo (Persian Rice with Cabbage and Beef)
I have to admit that I was shooting in the dark when I made this. I had made a different version before, and it was ok, not great. But I figured, making a tasty combination of rice, beef and cabbage is kind of in my eastern european, Jewish blood. I just needed to figure out…
Asparagus, Mushroom & Tomato Galette
With the crazy weather we are having, I am not sure how long the local asparagus will last. Right now only 1 farm has any, so I will be taking advantage if it being here and making a couple of asparagus dishes this week. I also am on a mission to use as much of…
Salmon Pasta with Peas
There are days when even a local-obsessed cook like me can only get as local as what I can find in my freezer or pantry. I’ve been away on business and have not had the chance to go to the store, little less the farm market, when I needed to make dinner. So the…
Persian Macaroni Revisited
Probably the biggest food surprise I experienced in Iran was Persian macaroni, aka spaghetti and meat sauce. Definitely not an Italian version, and not even an American version, but a version that was uniquely Persian, complete with tah dig (forgive, my slightly burnt tah dig, I am still perfecting my spaghetti tah dig.) Some of…
Win’s Quiche Lorraine (well, my rustic, kosher version)
It was with fond memories that I made my former mother-in-law’s quiche lorraine. Win was a terrific woman, whom I was honored and blessed to have in my life. My daughters loved her quiche lorraine, but since I do not eat pork, it was a dish I wouldn’t make. This week I decided to try…
Persian Chicken and Rice with Peas & Dill (Morgh ba Polo Shevid)
Coming on the heels of my very successful Barberry Rice with Lemon Chicken (Zereshk Polo ba Morgh), I was a both very confident and a little nervous attempting to create a different Persian chicken and rice dish. I have made a similar rice dish, Baghali polo – with lima beans, so I thought I the rice with…
Persian Breakfast
One of my favorite things about visiting my father-in-law in Tehran is breakfast. The simplicity, taste, texture and ritual of it. Simplicity: 3 or 4 ingredients (it started as 3, but my daughter introduced the 4th – honey): Flat, almost paper-thin bread (the closest thing I can find here is lavash) Feta, not Greek feta,…
Barberry Rice with Lemon Chicken (Zereshk Polo ba Morgh)
I decided to try a change of pace for this year’s Persian New Year. Instead of our typical Sabzi Polo ba Mahi (fish with herbed rice), I decided to make barberry rice with chicken. I like citrus-sy chicken, so I chose to do a lemon chicken. The beautiful color comes from saffron and tomato in the…
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