How to Pick a Restaurant
February 18, 2022
For those of you who travel to eat, here are a few pointers for hunting down a good restaurant experience.
Helene Siegel
Los Angeles food writer Helene Siegel is the author of 40 cookbooks, including the “Totally Cookbook” series and “Pure Chocolate.” She runs the Pastry Session blog. During COVID-19, she shared Sunday morning baking lessons over Zoom with her granddaughter, eight-year-old Piper of Austin, Texas.
The Farmer’s Market Still Delivers
January 19, 2022
The Farmer’s Market, now surrounded by the razzle-dazzle Grove shopping center, has been a source of solace for me since I moved to LA in the early eighties.
Beware of Jews Bearing Gifts
December 23, 2021
As much as I reject materialism, who can deny the power of one perfect gift?
Don’t Put My Salad Dressing on the Side
November 10, 2021
Not only do I want my salad coated with dressing, I want all the cheese, anchovies and whatever other crunchy bits come with those bland leaves. After all, isn’t it the other ingredients that give a bowl of grains or lettuces pizazz?
Are Bialys Having a Moment?
October 20, 2021
Who knew it would take 40 years to taste the yeasty onion-strewn bread of my youth again? When I spotted some, next to the bagels on a generous buffet table at a recent event, I had to pinch myself.
My First Challah
September 29, 2021
As a contemporary grandmother, I’m surprised at how often I weave bits about my birth family’s Jewishness into the stories that I tell the children
Yotam Ottolenghi: Culinary Influencer Extraordinaire
August 5, 2021
In 2002, Yotam Ottolenghi, the Israeli-born London chef, reinterpreted Middle Eastern cuisine and made it chic, transforming forgotten vegetables like kohlrabi and fava beans into bright, sexy super stars.
Ode to a Matzo Ball
July 9, 2021
I’ve never understood the appeal of a matzo ball. No great beauty, the spongy dough ball just sits there, taking up space in an otherwise nice bowl of chicken soup.
Gentrified Chocolate Cupcakes
June 10, 2021
To be honest, our little homespun cupcakes looked nothing like the perfectly symmetrical fluffy darlings topped with swirls of sugary buttercream frosting. Ours were short, dense and flat. But the rich chocolate flavor was gob-smacking good.
Our Integrated Passover Seder
April 12, 2021
Thanks to the CDC’s guidance, my husband Ted and I loosened up and took our first post-COVID, double-vaccinated plane trip to Austin, Texas, where our son and his family live.
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