Last week, I started the third year in my volunteer job at Kulanu’s Camp Discovery. I love meeting up with my campers from last year, and look forward to meeting the new ones in my baking and … more

My husband Jerry thinks it’s an adventure to have a stopover or two when he flies. His best flight yet was his two stop trip to Israel. He got to visit Romania, the birthplace of his dad. It … more

It’s been almost three years that I’ve been writing this column. At first it was just a recipe and a paragraph or two about the origins of the recipe or a humorous story to go with … more

With the family l’chaim over (we all had a great time celebrating), and the engagement party not planned till the end of the summer, I intended to concentrate on upcoming catering … more

As I have mentioned before, and as anyone who calls me when I’m trying to meet the deadline for my article knows, I’m terrible about meeting the deadline. Actually I don’t think … more

I have a fear of driving on highways. It’s not that I’m afraid of driving. I have a fear of getting lost. Jerry, on the other hand, has no fear of getting lost, but does it all the time. … more

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written my column (apologies for the reprints), but I was busy planning an aufruf, catering the Friday night dinner, working on the seating for the … more

After meeting Jack Silberstein last week in his Brooklyn office and cooking his wonderful Beef Merguez Sausages, I’d like the share my findings. First I sautéed the sausages in a … more

Judy’s off one more week (mazel tov on her son’s wedding!), so we’re running a version of a favorite pre-Shavuot column. Seems like yesterday that I wrote about the chocolate … more

Shavuot? Already? How is that possible? Didn’t we just put away the last of our Pesach dishes or, alternatively, unpacked … more