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Kale and Mushroom Quinoa Mac and Cheese
When Shauvot rolls around each year, my family usually serves up traditional sweets: Rich cheesecakes, rugelach and blintzes dominate the table. Now I love cheesecake as much as the next (former) New Yorker, but I tend to do things a little differently. I like to look at the holiday as an excuse to eat boatloads… read more»
Goat Cheese and Zucchini Blintzes with Cilantro Cream Sauce
The best thing I ever ate was a crepe off of a food truck in Paris. Perhaps it was because I consumed it at the fourth meal hour of 3:00 a.m., but I still dream of the soft yet slightly crunchy crepe oozing lots of gooey cheeses and fresh spinach. Once I started cooking Jewish… read more»
Mini Snickerdoodle Cheesecakes with Peach Bourbon Compote
Shavuot is upon us, and this holiday always reminds me of two things: Dairy, and turning thirteen. One reason we eat dairy on Shavuot is in recognition of the Israelites receiving the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. They instantly had to adopt the laws of kashrut, but without the necessary instruments to slaughter and prepare… read more»
WJWE’s Mother’s Day Gift to You: A New Bubbe Video!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there- especially my Mom and Bubbe! Growing up we always ate pretty healthy- salads, chicken, schmaltz. But we always had M&Ms around. Mom loved them! Especially the peanut ones. Because peanuts= protein= healthy! So this year, I surprised Mom with some of these personalized M&Ms. You can… read more»
Sweet Potato Kugel Parfait
Did y’all have a Happy Cinco de Mayo? I sure did! An excuse to nosh on tacos and margaritas?! No wonder it is one of my top five favorite holidays. And that says a lot because I love every holiday. Between that and the Austin Food & Wine Festival shenanigans, I’m pretty darn full! So… read more»
Saving & Printing Recipes on the New WJWE with ZipList!
Happy Friday, y’all! Hope you are enjoying my new site. I’m excited to announce a new feature on WJWE thanks to a partnership with recipe organizer extraordinaire ZipList. ZipList teams up with lots of amazing sites like Martha Stewart, Epicurious, RecipeGirl, Picky Palate and now WJWE to make it super easy to save your favorite recipes and organize… read more»
Austin Food & Wine Festival 2013
Who’s having the best week ever? This girl! I had the pleasure of attending the Austin Food & Wine Festival last weekend thanks to an invitation from my friends at KitchenAid. (Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!) Two days of noshing, imbibing, and celebrity food demos…who wouldn’t enjoy this spectacle of gluttony!? VIP baby! My cohort Jasmin and I… read more»
Individual Sweet Potato Kugels
Doesn’t this photo look like it belongs in the circus? I guess that’s fitting, because sometimes I feel like that’s where I belong with the antics I get into. Sandwiched between the bearded ladies and the juggling monkeys. Wheee! This weekend was full of Austin Food & Wine shenanigans (thanks KitchenAid for sending me!), lots… read more»
Albion Fit $100 Giftcard Winner!
Be cool my babies! (Name that reference.) I’ll have a new food post up tomorrow, no frets! Plus a bonus post this week of my time at the Austin Food & Wine Festival, which was amazing. Thanks to KitchenAid for sending me! For now, the winner of the Albion Fit $100 giftcard. The winner is…
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