a sweet spring day in prospect park I want to walk in the park while wearing a jacket. Or at least, a sweatshirt.… more →
The Gourmet Cartographermimi54 wrote 2 months ago: Do you know the Kosher Cooking Carnival? If you don’t, it’s time you did. It’s a … more →
mimi54 wrote 4 months ago: The Nine Days before Tisha B’Av are winding down, and so is our desire to eat fish. I picked … more →
mimi54 wrote 5 months ago: The sight of a big, red watermelon always fills me with optimism . I guess it’s because waterm … more →
traderjanki wrote 7 months ago: a sweet spring day in prospect park I want to walk in the park while wearing a jacket. Or at least, … more →
traderjanki wrote 7 months ago: For Valentine’s Day, I got H. a plant-your-own-rosemary kit that was sold in a miniature box. … more →
mimi54 wrote 8 months ago: Here is the corrected link to eLuna.com, an Israeli kosher food and travel site listing restaurants … more →
traderjanki wrote 8 months ago: Friends, I made a statement about starting a new blog but wrote on it too infrequently to keep up my … more →
mimi54 wrote 8 months ago: The weather’s cool and we’re having late rainfall, but spring must have arrived in Israe … more →
mimi54 wrote 10 months ago: A reader asked me what bruschetta is. It’s Italian for “toasted bread with toppings. … more →
5currantbuns wrote 10 months ago: Just Bento and Just Hungry are two of my favourite sites. I stumbled across them last year when I st … more →
mimi54 wrote 11 months ago: Guests enjoyed nibbling on these spicy/sweet roasted nuts at our Chanukah party. The recipe makes p … more →
mimi54 wrote 12 months ago: Chanukah is coming up – we light the first candle on the 21st of this month. Already I’m … more →
mimi54 wrote 1 year ago: The first green wild plants start poking their heads up at about this time of year. Our rains have b … more →
mimi54 wrote 1 year ago: The Anjou pears of The Colors of November were pretty, but rather dry and not very sweet. Looking ar … more →
mimi54 wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes a woman knows she’s going to be too busy to cook next day. Sometimes she’s goi … more →
mimi54 wrote 1 year ago: Yesterday I saw these apples at a discount. They were big and awkward looking, with peels that bore … more →
mimi54 wrote 1 year ago: This recipe is one of the few ways I can get my family to eat zucchini. Zucchini Fritters (Beignets … more →
mimi54 wrote 1 year ago: “You like kasha! You know you like kasha! Everybody likes kasha – it’s a well-know … more →