It's June and that means it is time for a new Tasting Jerusalem challenge! Created by two food writers, Beth from the blog OMG! Yummy and Sarene Wallace from 805 Living magazine, Tasting Jerusalem is a community dedicated to exploring the cuisine of the Middle East using the cookbook Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi as a guide. Each … [Read more...]
As some of you may remember, I am participating in a virtual cooking community called Tasting Jerusalem. Created by two food writers, Beth from the blog OMG! Yummy and Sarene Wallace from 805 Living magazine, Tasting Jerusalem is a community dedicated to exploring the cuisine of the Middle East using the cookbook Jerusalem as a guide. Each month, … [Read more...]
Later this month, I am going to Philadelphia to attend a conference for food bloggers entitled Eat, Write Retreat. I am looking forward to an intense weekend of speakers, demonstrations, great meals and making connections with others in my field. I know that I will learn invaluable techniques to improve my writing, my recipes and my … [Read more...]
This past weekend I attended a lecture by best-selling author Michael Pollan at nearby Elmhurst College. Pollan, a science journalist, is best known for his writing about food and agriculture, including the books The Omnivore's Dilemma, which is about how our food is raised, and In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto, which is about nutrition. … [Read more...]
Many of my food and mom blogger friends are raving about the new cookbook Homemade with Love by Jennifer Perillo. Perillo is a professional food writer based in Brooklyn, author of the popular food blog In Jennie's Kitchen, and mom to two daughters. I don't know Jennie personally, and sadly, I missed my chance to meet her when she was in town … [Read more...]
Those of you who have been reading my blog lately know that I am obsessed with the new cookbook Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Imagine what it is like to eat at my house where I serve tabbouleh several times a week, tweaking the recipe a bit each time. My husband went to Israel once as a teenager, and I don't think he ever expected … [Read more...]
My latest cooking obsession is the beautiful new cookbook Jerusalem by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi. Jerusalem is a perfect storm of a book: it combines an amazing story with stunning photographs and mouth-watering recipes. Part of the amazing story is the background of the two authors: Ottolenghi and Tamimi both grew up in Jerusalem at the … [Read more...]
When I made my pilgrimage to Eataly -- Mario Batali's grand epicerie of all things Italian in lower Manhattan -- in November, I tried to be on the lookout for items that I had never seen before or that I suspected would be hard to find in a more conventional store. When I spied toasted fregola, a kind of pasta that looked like Israeli couscous but … [Read more...]
I have had so many fun and enriching experiences as a result of writing this blog and one online pharmacy no prescription of the best has been the chance to meet and connect with farmers and people who work in agriculture. As someone who grew up in a city and has spent her whole life in urban and suburban areas, I knew very little about how food … [Read more...]
Obviously I'm talking about a Florida farmers' market. You wouldn't be likely to find Rangpur limes at an Illinois farmers' market even in good weather, which it's not right now. No, today's farmers' market find is courtesy of the Saturday morning Old Naples Farmers' Market, which is a must on all of our Naples trips. The Old Naples Farmers' Market … [Read more...]
One of the highlights of my recent trip to New York was the chance to eat and shop at Eataly, Chef Mario Batali's 13,000 square foot shrine to Italian food. Located right off of Madison Square Park and easily accessible by several subways lines -- I took the 6 train downtown from my hotel at Lexington and 51rst and felt like quite the New Yorker … [Read more...]
With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on the East Coast, we are all reminded of the power of mobile technology. I am grateful indeed that my mom in DC and my brother in New York can update me on their situations from their mobile phones -- at least until cialis online purchase their batteries run out -- even as they are without electricity. Yes, … [Read more...]
One of the most interesting experiences I had at BlogHer '12 was a chance to interview Karen Berner, the Food Editor of Taste of Home magazine. Published by Reader's Digest, Taste of Home showcases the food and recipes of home cooks like you and me. To that I say, "Right on!" I love it when home cooks get their due. The magazine's readers submit … [Read more...]
A few weeks back when I posted my recipe for Corn and Tomato Relish, I mentioned that fresh corn is one of the best deals at the farmers' market this time of year. In my area, a dozen ears of fresh corn on buy viagra no prescriptions the cob is $5. That's a lot of food for not very much money. If you are thinking: "Gosh, Emily, there is only so … [Read more...]
One of my family's favorite historic sites on the island of Nantucket is the Old Mill. Operated by the Nantucket Historical Association, the Old Mill is the oldest, continuously operated windmill in the country. Built in 1746, it is actually 30 years older than the country it is in! The NHA offers tours of the Mill every half hour during the summer … [Read more...]
I just came back from spending two weeks on the island of Nantucket with my mom and my two kids. My husband was not able to join us for this vacation because of work (and the fact that he already took a week of vacation in May when we went to Paris for our anniversary.) So it was just me and my mom and the two kids in a slightly ramshackle cottage. … [Read more...]
Current Vintage was the name of the store. Intrigued by the dress in the window, I crossed the street intending to poke my head in. My mother was confused by the crates of wine outside. "I think it's a liquor store," she said. "No, it's clothes," I replied opening the door. Once inside, I was instantly drawn to the rack of colorful Lilly … [Read more...]
I"m very, very east of the Loop this week vacationing on the island of Nantucket with my mom and my kids. I have been coming to this island sporadically since I was a little girl and it is one of my favorite places in the world. It truly gives me a thrill to watch my kids frolicking on the same beaches that I played on and picnicking at the same … [Read more...]
This past weekend I attended the Type-A Parent blogging conference in Charlotte, NC. I was very honored to be there as a speaker: I provided a legal perspective on a panel about ethics in blogging. I was joined on the panel by my friend Laura Bleill, a journalist by training and co-founder of the excellent hyper-local site ChambanaMoms, and Caleb … [Read more...]
When I started canning, now four summers ago, I had a lot of questions. I did not grow up with a mother or a grandmother who made her own preserves. My grandmother made her own gefilte fish and my mother made macaroni and cheese from scratch, but canning was something that I had only read about in Laura Ingalls Wilder and Blueberries for Sal. It is … [Read more...]
On our first full day in Paris, my husband and I walked all over the Ile de la Cité and the Ile St. Louis, the two islands in the middle of the Seine. After a long morning of churches and walking, we found ourselves near the Bastille. The birthplace of the French Revolution is no longer home to a prison -- on that spot stands a modernist opera … [Read more...]
