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One of my all time favorite breakfast dishes is Shakshuka. It is originally a North African dish (Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco). I first had it in Israel where it became very popular after the a [...]

This is my favorite time of the season. No, not Christmas but Chanukah!!! I grew up in a house that shares both holiday traditions. So, we get the Christmas tree (not real because this Jew is [...]

This year has been a year of travel and full of me chasing the summer. Fun Fact: I absolutely hate cold weather. I was traveling in Chicago over the summer and came across a Nutella stuffed [...]

First and foremost I LOVE PIE! Sometimes, I just want to be a fat kid again and give into my sweet tooth. However, like always I try and make it as healthy as possible. I don’t know if you [...]

Here in the south we have this magical time in August where there are mounds and mounds of hatch chiles! This may actually be my favorite time of the year and I stock up on them to last me [...]

For Memorial day, I had a very good friend in town from Canada. His friend makes maple syrup in Canada and he brought me a bottle. I honestly don’t think you can get much more Canadian than [...]

My friend has decided to eliminate processed sugars from his diet. He has a huge sweet tooth so I have been challenged to make some sweets for him only using natural sweeteners. I have been [...]

2 lbs apples (honey crisp, gravestien, Granny Smith) 1/4 C cinnamon pear balsamic 1 teaspoon cinnamon  1/4 teaspoon ground Clove  1/4 teaspoon kosher salt Skin and cube the apples. In a [...]

Food Fact: Adding Vodka or any liquor to your pie crust will help ferment the butter resulting in a flakier pie crust.   3 pie crusts (recipe below) 4 slicer tomatoes or 8 roman tomatoes 1 [...]

2 teaspoons Chai Spice 2 teaspoons of Maple Balsamic 1/4 cup Milk 4 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 tablespoons of sugar 1 large loaf of Challah Bread pinch of salt 4 tablespoons of butter [...]