This recipe is very adaptable to changes. You can alter the base you spread on the salmon to accommodate whatever flavors strike your fancy. Ingredients: 2 lbs of salmon fillets 2 Tbsp prepared Dijon mustard 2 Tbsp olive oil, or mix canola oil and sesame oil 1/4-1/2 c of sesame seeds, either plain or a mix of […]
This is my grandmother’s recipe and my mother taught me how to make them. Sometimes my uncle would come assist. Now my daughter and a friend’s daughter help me. These are plain, simple and simply the best hamentashen ever, because they evoke childhood, family and Jewish life in the best possible way. They may […]
I had already had enough of Thanksgivukkah and its menurkeys (that’s a menorah shaped like a turkey for you blissfully uninitiated) when I saw the bourbon pecan pie adorned with Chanukah gelt. This was supposed to be yet another recipe merging the Chanukah and Thanksgiving traditions, but really it was just a pecan pie with […]
Chanukah and Thanksgiving coinciding is an extremely rare alignment of the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars. I’ve created pumpkin cream filled sufganiyot as my offering for Thanksgivukkah. Ingredients: ¼ cup lukewarm milk or water 1 teaspoon dry yeast 3 tablespoons sugar 1 whole egg plus 1 egg yolk 3 tablespoons sour cream or vegetable oil Pinch […]
1 recipe of parve pie crust 1 (15-ounce) can pure pumpkin 3/4 cup (packed) golden brown sugar 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/4 teaspoon salt Pinch of ground cloves 3 large eggs 1 1/4 cups canned Thai coconut cream pecans to decorate edge Preparation Position rack in bottom third […]
Ingredients: 1 lb extra firm tofu 1/2 ripe Haas avocado 1 red pepper, cut into strips 1 small onion, sliced thin 4 ounces mushrooms, sliced thin minced garlic or sliced garlic skape vegetable oil for searing and frying 1 tablespoon mayonnaise mixed with ½ teaspoon of schug (a hot pepper condiment available at kosher and […]
My recipes, food writing and photos. When I was in college, someone gave my father, a known chocaholic, Maida Heatter’s Book of Great Chocolate Desserts as a joke. But I took it pretty seriously, working my way through it recipe by recipe. I have been evolving as a cook and food writer ever since, graduating from […]
Collected here is a body of work for which I was recognized by the American Jewish Press Association from 2007-2014. 2014 ♦ Second place for the Louis Rapoport Award for Excellence in Commentary, for this website marlaecohen.com (category: circulation 15,000 and up) How we define community Early in the summer, Rev. Weldon McWilliams IV along […]
I’m an award-winning columnist, with an eye to the changes and forces that shape Jewish American life. I express myself in words, but have also been known to cook up a storm. I am the former editor of the Jewish newspaper that covered one of the most Jewish counties in America, but that no longer […]
Shavuot is for many a forgotten holiday. If you are not observant, it most likely isn’t on your radar. You might forget shul altogether. You may go to work. If you’re a bit more tuned in, you might eat cheesecake. But I’m guessing that would be it. I don’t remember doing anything special for Shavuot […]
