Tag: Chili powder

[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

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

Homemade Taco Seasoning & Vegetarian Tacos

A couple of months ago, I learned Mrs Smith was to retire.  Mrs Smith taught me when I was young, perhaps five or six years old, and not for more than a year or two because we moved to another town.  More than 20 years later, you ask me which of the educators had the biggest impact on my life, I’ll tell you it was Mrs Smith.  She had a [...]

15 January, 2013 // By : // 14 Comments

Slow Cooked Jackfruit BBQ [Vegan]

Each Wednesday, after visiting the Farmers Market, my wife and a friend visit the international market to stock up on raw coconuts, whole cumin seeds, hot sauce and other exotic ingredients household staples that we store next to our marmite stash.  I always find it amazing how hard it can be to find a loaf of kosher bread in some stores, and yet I can stock up with magical, kosher [...]

10 July, 2012 // By : // 11 Comments

Falafel Flavored Quinoa Burgers

The leftover dilemma arrives every week.  Some time between lunch and dinner time on Sunday I realize the fridge is full of food but I don’t want to re-eat Friday night dinner for the next three or four meals.  Combining bok choy with some other veggies will give us a great stir fry for tomorrow night and Tuesday will be BBQ chicken pizza but when all said and done, I [...]

24 June, 2012 // By : // 21 Comments

Grilled Brisket with Mexican Inspired Rub and Mopping Sauce

This week’s menu didn’t quite go to plan. We went from intimate “one-pot” dinner to cooking for ten, plus kids and I thank our freezer for defrosting mid-week for the feast we’re going to enjoy because we had a lot of fun making it.  Among the marrow bones, lamb steaks and chicken drumsticks that fell victim to our early summer thawing, there was a lonely brisket.  Just 3lbs of first cut [...]

14 June, 2012 // By : // 16 Comments

Chili Con Carne – Inspired by Jamie Oliver

MAY 2013 Update This recipe has been simplified and revised. Please see my updated post for this chili con carne recipe. About 18 months ago, friends of mine from London visited our Jerusalem home and I offered to cook them anything they wanted – my “thank you” to them for making the trip.  Without skipping a beat, my buddy said “you’ve got to make your chili con carne”.  My wife [...]

17 January, 2012 // By : // 2 Comments

New Year Shoulder Roast

The Jewish New Year, Rosh HaShana, has passed, and with it, the first of three multi-day eating marathons of the season been completed.  You see, the Jewish New Year is not celebrated in the same way as one throws a party for New Years Eve, the two-day holiday is evenly split between praying in Synagogue, and dining with friends, family and members of the community.

4 October, 2011 // By : // 2 Comments