I first posted the recipe for my yiayia’s kounoupidi kapama in a Huffington Post article back in 2013, shortly after she died. I can hardly believe it’s been six years since my grandmother, Vasiliki, passed away. I have a photo of the two of us posted on my About Us...
Γεια Σας! Greetings from Greece and the beautiful island of Crete. As most of you already know, I’m half Greek by birth and 100% Greek by heart. Just look at the picture below and you’ll understand why I fell in love with this country the first time I came...
Greetings from hot Arizona! I’ll be honest, I’d rather be sitting by the pool than cooking in the kitchen this week. It’s 107F, without turning on the stove and oven. Luckily, my father has a pool at his home. We’re doing a lot of grilling, including throwing...
My husband has a friend who is famous for her shakshuka. In fact, the first time I met Yael, Tal said to me, “will you watch her in the kitchen and learn how to make her shakshuka?” The pressure was on. I had been tasked with learning to prepare one of Israel’s most...
There’s a fantastic farm right by my mom’s house. Talya loves going there and happily picks fresh fruit and vegetables with Rosemary, the farmer’s wife. Now that they’ve gotten older, Rosemary and her husband close the farm in the winter months. But come spring, they...
This recipe came about in the way that many great recipes do, completely by accident. We’d invited the whole family over for dinner and I sent Tal to the market to do the shopping. Now, the first thing you should know is that I normally never send Tal to the market on...
