Kosher Cookbook Author, Personal Chef, and Media Personality
I find it hard to keep our kids entertained and family time in the kitchen is always a crowd pleaser. Homemade pizza is my kids number choice, especially with so many toppings to play with! This recipe is really easy and my kids really love to make and eat their […]
Photo by Melinda Strauss As a Kosher personal chef, I often get asked what my favorite food is. The answer, invariably, is always tomatoes. Ever since I was a young girl, I have always loved tomatoes (there are over 100 varieties of tomatoes and I love them all!). To me, […]
I am constantly striving to develop new recipes for appetizers for my family and guests, as well as for my catering business. In addition to being tasty, I want the dishes to look scrumptious as well – since, as the expression goes, “you eat with your eyes”. The combination of […]
This summer I am going back to school! Well, that would be chef’s school. I wanted to brush up on some of my culinary training, as well as learning new techniques. I will be attending the Center for Kosher Culinary Arts (CKCA). During the summer months, CKCA, which calls Flatbush […]
Everyone knows how much I love meat. Here is my Pastrami Hamentashen recipe that was inspired by my friend Leah Schapira of CookKosher. I don’t have a particularly sweet tooth, so this recipe fills the need to make the iconic triangle shaped food we all eat on Purim. With these savory […]
When I was in Seminary in Israel, it was the first time I could really appreciate what Tu B’Shevat really meant. One could hardly move on Rechov Yaffo as there were vendors packing the streets selling plants, trees, shrubs and flowers. Tu B’Shevat, the 15th of Shevat on the Jewish […]
