From Fast to Slow

On the other end of the convenience spectrum, here is my crockpot loaded up with the makings of a batch of herisah.  It’s going to cook at least 8 hours. This is an Armenian dish, a favorite in my family. It is made with whole skinned (i.e. “shelled”) wheat kernels, and, in this case turkey … Continue reading →

More Convenience Food

I found these Pereg Spices products at Shop Rite on Sunday, and was pleasantly surprised by that.  ShopRite is the closest market to me, but I always wish I could blink my eyes (just like I Dream of Jeannie!) and turn them into a Wegmans or Whole Foods, although Shop Rite prices are generally low. But, … Continue reading →

Chicken Soup

This is not home made!  When I was sick recently, I resorted to my emergency stash of canned soup, which included this Select Harvest soup from Campbell’s.  They have improved their soups in recent years, so, while the Select Harvest line is still more processed than I’d like, it hit the spot, and was only … Continue reading →

Celebrity Chefs Reunite at Eno Terra

Celebrity Chefs Reunite at Eno Terra on March 6 at an elegant event (3-7pm) to benefit the Parkinson Alliance featuring the talents of Claudia Fleming, Jonathan Benno, and Christopher Albrecht. Here is the scrumptious menu: Stuzzicchini •Arancini•Schiacciata•Seasonal Soup Watercress Salad assorted baby beets, shaved raw beets, radish, blood orange vinager, ricotta salada Grilled Octopus fried … Continue reading →

Breakfast of Champions

This isn’t the first thing most of you will think of when you read that phrase.  But this breakfast is the kind of old-country stick-to-your-ribs fare that my Armenian grandparents enjoyed. Now I make it for any time of day, and always relish it, especially during a winter like this, when you’re always fighiting the … Continue reading →

No baking required!

Attention home cooks – You don’t even have to turn on your oven to enter the Princeton Pi Day Pie contest! Just email your best dessert pie recipe to lillipies@yahoo.com to enter. The top entries will be prepared by local chefs for judging on March 13.  Details on the website, of course.

Money in the Bank

My father used to refer to leftovers as “money in the bank.” While it became a family sport to tease him about his somewhat obsessive attachment to old food in the fridge and freezer, I have to agree with him in principal. Which is why I scooped up packages of cut up butternut squash and rutabagas on a Sunday visit to … Continue reading →

A Light Gone Out

Princeton’s Italian community has suffered more than one loss this winter, and the latest, of Dorothea’s House trustee Alessandra Mazzucato, is indeed a hard loss to endure. My late mother adored Alessandra, who taught us Italian at the Princeton Adult School in the mid/late 1980s.  Always a warm welcome, always a warm smile.  We started going … Continue reading →

Pi[e] Day Rules! (or measures…)

Got Pie?  As part of the 2011 Princeton Pi Day festivities, there is a pie-judging contest.  That takes place at the Nassau Inn on March 13, and your’s truly will be judging along with several other local culinary “luminaries”!  Home bakers should submit their family favorite pie recipe by March 1 to lillipies@yahoo.com.  Selected pies will be … Continue reading →