“Baby, it’s cold outside…” but it’s the perfect temperature for a tomato soup and grilled cheese. I realize that the song is actually about a girl needing to go home so her parents don’t worry and the neighbors don’t raise an eyebrow, and the guy is trying to get her to stay, but I promise [...]
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Roasted Tomato Soup
Posted in Vegetarian, soul food, soup, tagged roasted tomato soup on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Matzo Ball Soup
Posted in holiday, jewish cooking, soul food, soup, tagged matzo ball soup on September 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve talked a lot about matzo ball soup. It’s at (almost) every Jewish holiday dinner and so homey as the evenings get colder. We ate this three nights in a row — mainly because we had so much of it — and enjoyed every bite!
Ingredients
Source: Me, my mom, tradition
1 packet matzo ball mix
2-3 pieces [...]
Roast Chicken Redemption
Posted in chicken, dinner, soul food, tagged apples, chicken, onions, potatoes, roast on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
About a year and a half ago I tried to roast a chicken. Long story short: it took 4 hours to partially cook a 3 lb. chicken. I’ve since shied away from trying anything resembling a roast chicken. To this day I have no idea why it took so long to “cook” the chicken! But [...]
Yom Kippur: Break the Fast Feast
Posted in baked goods, chicken, dinner, holiday, jewish cooking, soul food, tagged apple, blintz, cake, chicken, jewish, kasha, kippur, orange, souffle, varnishkes, yom on October 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
From 6:00 Wednesday night to 6:00 Thursday night I fasted. I had a little bit of water throughout the day, but that’s it. It’s not easy to fast and cook at the same time! Talk about challenging my will power.
I was making a video but mid way through my energy levels were low and I [...]
L’Shana Tova! It’s Rosh Hashanah
Posted in baked goods, cake, dinner, holiday, jewish cooking, soul food, tagged ball, cake, hashana, honey, kippur, kugel, matzo, rosh, soup, wine, yom on October 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve talked about Rosh Hashana in this space before, but that was just talk. Tuesday we walked the walk. We went to services, taschlich and had a Rosh Hashana feast of matzo ball soup, kugel, honey cake and challah.
A quick background on Rosh Hashana: It’s the Jewish New Year marking the year since the Torah [...]
A Coming Home Feast
Posted in baked goods, brownies, dinner, meat, soul food, tagged blondie, brownies, flank, kasha, marinated, steak, varnishkes on September 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We’re back!!! And I don’t just mean the blog. James and I have been on the go in Denver, St. Paul and D.C. these past two weeks covering the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. I went to Denver and returned to D.C. to work the night shifts during the RNC.
With James out of town and [...]
Homage to the South: Biscuits
Posted in brunch, soul food, tagged biscuits, south on August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We recently returned from a fabulous family trip to Hilton Head, South Carolina.
At the end of our lazy beach days, margaritas and shuffleboard games, we cleaned up and feasted on she-crab soup, fresh seafood, crab cakes (my favorite!) and other Southern specialties.
I grew up in North Carolina and although I never favored the Southern fast [...]
