Category: dinner

Cashew Cheese and Vegan Mac n’ Cheese Balls

The Jewish festival of Shavuot (festival of weeks) comes around seven weeks after passover.  In Israel, I always felt like this one-day holiday was lost in the blink of an eye and in the US the two-day celebration seems to fall short of the prep and attention other major holidays get.  Shavuot is unique in that it’s the one time that holiday classics are dairy dishes like cheesecake and blintzes, not fun [...]

13 May, 2013 // By : // 17 Comments

Sesame Crusted Seared Tuna

From time to time I invite other food writers to share something from their kitchen with you.  Often the post will highlight a recipe that I have needed guidance on or a dish I have never cooked myself.  Today’s recipe is from a foodie friend of mine, Hindy who writes at Confident Cook, Hesitant Baker. Like Hindy, I hesitate to bake but love to experiment in the kitchen and develop new recipes [...]

9 May, 2013 // By : // 8 Comments

[Recipe Redo] Chili Con Carne

In making chili con carne this week, I took a look at the recipe I posted when I was just three months into writing This American Bite. I read the recipe and I realized how much I have grown as a food writer and a cook. Beside for the fact that the original recipe is long and the photograph is terrible, we have cut some of the ingredients from our [...]

2 May, 2013 // By : // 11 Comments

Millet and Dukkah Stuffed Squash (Vegetarian Option Available)

I have a childhood memory of seeing stuffed zucchini (or courgette as it was called back there) on TV and being enamoured by the dish. Why this image has stayed with me for so many years is a mystery. Perhaps more mysterious is the fact I have never attempted to stuff zucchini squash, acorn, butternut or any or any other type of squash. My wife’s stuffed cabbage (coming soon) are [...]

22 April, 2013 // By : // 11 Comments

Turkey Shawarma Recipe (Kosher Connections Link Up, April 2013)

A good shawarma has the potential to be the best thing you will ever eat but a bad shawarma recipe will send you running to the hills.  Perfecting shawarma is an art that many of Jerusalem’s street vendors haven’t quite mastered. The Israeli shawarma, similar to the Greek gyro, Turkish doner kebab and the Armenian tarna, is prepared on a vertical roasting spit and can be prepared from lamb, beef or turkey.  Often you’ll [...]

15 April, 2013 // By : // 21 Comments

Pistachio Pasta

Every time I step into The Milky Way in Los Angeles’s Pico Robertson neighborhood, I feel like I have entered a vacuum of tranquility. The hustle and bustle of Los Angeles stays outside as the owner, Leah Adler, welcomes each and every guest. Leah, a proud Jewish mother, has tastefully decorated the restaurant with movie memorabilia and posters, a subtle reminder to all that her son is the Hollywood mastermind, [...]

8 April, 2013 // By : // 14 Comments

Sweet Potato Shepard’s Pie topped with Crispy Potatoes

I am a little obsessed with my brand new Falcon Enamel cookware. Everything I cook in this bake set has an authentic farm-to-table feel about it that can only come from cook ware made with love. As a tribute to Falcon, shipped from London to my home in America’s Mid-West, I decided to share a traditional British dish with you today, Shepard’s pie. Thanks to the kind people at Falcon, [...]

28 March, 2013 // By : // 10 Comments

Recipe Roundup: How to Cook Lamb

Lamb is a treat in our house, reserved for special occasions like birthdays, holidays… or the opening of a new grocery store.  Last month, Hy-vee opened the doors of their new Overland Park, KS store and it is walking distance from our home.  The store is bright, staff are helpful and their selection of organic, bulk and natural products competes well with the likes of Whole Foods and Natural Grocers.  Eager [...]

25 March, 2013 // By : // 4 Comments

Sweet Potato, Chickpea and Spinach Curry

The foodie community is vast.  Not a week goes by without me adding another foodie to my google reader and swear to return to read each and every recipe.  Sometimes, it will be weeks or months before I visit again, but I like the support and inspiration that fellow foodies feed me.  Today’s recipe, Sweet Potato, Chick Pea and Spinach Curry comes from Cass of Food My Friend.  More than [...]

28 February, 2013 // By : // 17 Comments

Grilled London Broil

A Jewish wedding is rich with traditions that begin as soon as a couple announce their engagement. Throw in the customs and preferences that have been celebrated by the families of the bride and groom since the beginning of time and there is plenty to factor in – which I suspect is just one reason that a Jewish wedding celebration allows for plenty of time for everyone to have their [...]

18 February, 2013 // By : // 26 Comments

Kosher New York City in 50 Hours or Less

When I arrived in a snow-dusted New York City for the Kosher Food and Wine Experience I had a game plan.  Lots of people to see, lots of places to eat, and lots of things to write when I return.  I had just fifty hours in Kosher New York City and it had been a decade since I last spent any time in the Big Apple.  In this post, I’ll summarize my [...]

14 February, 2013 // By : // 17 Comments

Book Review & Giveaway: The Bengali Five Spice Chronicles

I can get lost for hours browsing the shelves of book stores but unless I am flying alone or reading a bedtime story to our son, it’a rare that I get the chance to read, so when I find a cook book that comes to life and tells a story, as well as introducing my to a brand new world of culinary flair, I know that I have found a winning combination. [...]

28 January, 2013 // By : // 32 Comments

Vegetarian Chili with Black Beans and Corn

When I think of chili, I typically think the heavy dish of red kidney beans and ground beef that is a meal in itself, but we’ll all too often ladle over a hot dog or a baked potato as though it’s a condiment.  My chili con carne is an awesome dish no matter how you serve it, but this vegetarian chili is altogether something else. It is filling without being heavy [...]

10 January, 2013 // By : // 28 Comments

Lamb Wellington and a KOL Foods Giveaway

While our home is meatless five days a week, it’s rare for me to cook with lamb, so when I do, it’s a special occasion.  Last Friday Night, I made lamb.  This, however, was no ordinary lamb.  This was a grass fed, 100% organic lamb roast from KOL Foods.  One of the many reasons we have cut meat from our diet so drastically over the last few years is concern for the [...]

7 January, 2013 // By : // 35 Comments

Dukkah Crusted Salmon

This wasn’t a planned recipe.  This was a late night dinner that happened to be awesome.  Wednesday night is usually grocery night in our home, and this week was no exception.  Somewhere between an emergency visit to the dentist for me, a quick dinner and bed time for our two year old son, and a class at the gym for my wife, we forgot to sit down and eat dinner [...]

3 January, 2013 // By : // 24 Comments

Lamb Stock Grilled Polenta – Inspired by Chef Michael Symon

When Chef Michael Symon featured Farmer’s Ground Polenta on “Symon’s Suppers” a few weeks back, I knew I had to make polenta from scratch.  In the show, Symon buys the freshly ground corn meal from a NY farmers market and meets the farmers behind this local, high quality, and certified organic product.  The grain, sold at an outdoor market, comes in a brown bag, and something about the whole experience [...]

17 December, 2012 // By : // 17 Comments

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