Chocolate Chip Therapy Cookies (Thanks to Alton Brown)







ALTON'S CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES




Chocolate Chip Therapy Cookies (courtesy of Alton Brown)



Today my husband left. He went to South Africa – for business. He used to travel to China but he decided that wasn’t far enough so he decided to go further. That wasn't nice, was it? I am already missing him. after a great weekend in Phoenix for a family wedding he had one day to get

Hot Fudge Cake

Hot Fudge Cake




 I love Friday. Though I never have any weekend plans I like to believe I’m entitled to lay in bed and read the paper. And oh, that feels so good. But my weekend starts with Friday night and I usually try to make a comforting dinner. You know-to start things out right. So when I got home from Israel I didn’t find much in the fridge. However I did find a clean house and clean

Freekeh - The Green Wheat of the Middle East

Freekeh


Maybe you have heard of freekeh, but I hadn’t; that is until I went to Israel. My friend turned me on to it and with a name like freekeh I guess turned on is apropos. I googled it on the web and came up with quite a few articles about it but I guess I haven’t gotten out much since 2009 which is when these articles started showing up on all the health food blogs. Oh, what is it? It

El-Ajami and Hummus

Hummus and Tahini from El-Ajami









I’m back! Israel is such a grandiose small country with people and scenery and food and stories and one can never get enough. There are few places in this world that can match it- at least in my experience. It is possible to taste hospitality and I can assure you I did and on a grand scale. Whether you are Christian or Jewish or Moslem it is a

World Peace Cookies

World Peace Cookies




I’m so excited I can feel my heart pounding. Something I have wanted to do for so, so long is finally happening. Thanks to two parents that decided to give me an especially nice, very meaningful, most awesome, generous and loving birthday/Hanukah gift rolled into one I am going to be taking a trip far, far away. (I like those double adjectives, don’t I?)  I bought this

Tim Tebow's Onion Dip

Tim Tebow's Onion Dip
Tim Tebow’s Onion Dip
The time has come. It’s now or never. You’ve shown us over and over how to succeed. I’ll admit it. I’m not really into the falling on one knee thing, but hey if it’s working, no need to stop on my behalf. Jews are happy to pray standing up. We take care of our knees. But it is up to you. By all means you just concentrate on the game. I’m sure there

Green Chile Poached Eggs with Bacon and Cheddar

Green Chile Poached Eggs

He came, he ate, he left. He was here 13 nights and this is what he had.



Sage Roasted Chicken with Arugula Bread Salad
Chipotle
Tomato Soup with Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwiches
Sauteed Lemon Almondine Fish
Italian Meat Loaf
Chili
Brisket
Smoked Turkey
Fettucine Alfredo with Lemon Roasted Shrimp
Jack n’Grill Burger
Vietnamese
Dinner at a friend’s for Hanukah
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