A friend of mine who lives up in Canada and who is a master baker, often talks to me about how she loves to take the intimidation out of making pastry. Well, I feel the same way about making blintzes!!  For too long has the making of blintzes been considered a laborious chore, something that only your boubi can do since she has the time, the inclination, never mind the physical memory of  exactly what the perfect blintz should feel like. I will be the… Read more >>

Originally published in 2013by Artscroll, Passover Made Easy is the first installment in Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek’s Made Easy Series. Since then, this dynamic duo have also published Kids Cooking Made Easy and Starters and Sides Made Easy.   Passover cooking can be a tricky thing. Not only is there the prohibition against flour and breadstuffs, but depending on your ancestry, this prohibition can extend to legumes and various grains. Ashkenazi Jews, on the whole, tend to refrain from eating chickpeas, green beans and… Read more >>

You know, recipes are a funny thing. Like most everything else, recipes have evolved from a verbal description only to a brief and hasty rendition on a random piece of paper to a codified missive with precise measurements and techniques. Now, you may well wonder, all that is true but what could this possibly have to do with Passover? Well, quite a lot as it happens. Every Passover, after I have made the three block treck over to my mother’s kitchen, I make my grandmother’s… Read more >>