One thing I can’t seem to wrap my head around since we moved to California is just how amazing all the fruit is. I grew up here, so it shouldn’t be so shocking to me, but I just don’t remember it being this good. Maybe it is because I just took it for granted before. [...]
Things have been a bit hectic around here, so my posting schedule has been a bit off lately. The chaos has been caused by all good things, like my husband being ordained as a rabbi and us preparing to move to California, but it still leaves little time for anything else. I will try to [...]
Mother’s Day is the holiday I most associate with brunch. Birthdays, anniversaries and other days celebrating individuals are celebrated differently by different people. But there seems to be a universal agreement that Mother’s Day should be celebrated with brunch. Preferably outdoors. Maybe I think that because that is just how we always celebrated it growing [...]
Last week I attempted to make gluten-free challah using the brioche recipe from Healthy Bread in 5 Minutes a Day. Being new to gluten-free baking I didn’t realize the difference substituting white rice flour for brown rice flour would have in the end results. I ended up with a huge vat of very sticky dough [...]
It seems like some weeks things just don’t turn out how I hope they will in the kitchen. This week I have been experimenting with gluten-free baking and so far have not had much success. I have a huge batch of gluten-free challah dough in the fridge that is barely edible. My son, the challah [...]