Roast beef is the perfect  Entrée’ to an end of summer feast. A well prepared roast is both festive and rustic , simple to make yet impressive. I chose to prepare   a rib roast for this year’s Rosh Hashana( Jewish New -year’s), because the forecast is for a hot day and roasts along with all [...]

More than once, have i listened to my friends complain about a failed attempt braising short ribs or Lamb Shanks and worst of all, after spending hours preparing,ended up with a dry / stringy / pale /tough piece of meat and finding all that right before the guests arrive. So today it ends. Braising is [...]

I  created this recipe for a recent dinner party i held. My attitude towards cooking, puts the emphasis on ingredients,rather than the manipulation of them. i.e simple ,rustic creations using highest quality seasonal ingredients.No foams , No dry ices ,No vegetables shaped like flowers or ovals  ( Tourne’e) , losing half the yield and discarding [...]

Today I’d like to share with you the dish one of my close friends calls his all-time favorite. I decided to hold a Sea Feast at my place this week. Not that any reason is required, but a warm summer evening, my sister being in town and also, I may have forgotten Roy’s birthday the [...]

Comfort food is what it’s all about! It is such a joy, we derive from returning to flavors of our childhood. Fun food, heart-warming food, food that you reminisce about. Interestingly enough most comfort food stems from poverty. Creations relying on inexpensive cuts of meat/fish, and the cheapest ingredients available. There are countless examples: American [...]

In this picture:    Piggy minus the head , solely out of consideration of the squeamish ( otherwise, he’d be frolicking in the pan,quince in mouth!) Well…this is the first recipe posting and the story behind it! An important part in each of my travels involves visiting the local markets. It’s a big part of experiencing [...]