Wednesday’s Santa Monica Farmers’ Market had so many treasures on display including huge piles of fresh, puffy, bright green fava beans. Luckily, McGrath's Family Farm stand sells fresh shelled fava beans in ½ pound and 1 pound bags. Fava beans or Ava Frescas, or some call … [Read more...] about Fava Bean Hummus
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Blood Orange Cheesecake
Sephardic people for the most part eat salty aged cheese, such as Parmesan, Kashkaval, and Kasseri and savory fresher cheeses like feta. My first encounters with sweet cheese came with cream cheese frosting on carrot cake, cheese cake, cheese Danish, and blintzes on a trip to … [Read more...] about Blood Orange Cheesecake
Blood Orange Sorbet
In our family we traditionally have a palate cleanser in between the soup, fish, and main course or dinner of the Passover Seder meal. Since treating myself to an electric ice cream freezer a couple of years ago, … [Read more...] about Blood Orange Sorbet
Passover Vegetarian Kuftes
A wonderful vegetarian side dish, Kufte de Prassa without meat uses mashed potatoes to bind the leeks together in a patty rather than ground beef. My Nona used to make these and my mother, we call her Nona now, always talks about this dish with very fond memories. I think for … [Read more...] about Passover Vegetarian Kuftes
Passover Fruit Crisp
Two Friday nights ago my husband and I were in Rancho Mirage for Shabbat. After making that new cauliflower plantain dish to serve with Desert Chicken, fruit crisp sounded like a compatible dessert. … [Read more...] about Passover Fruit Crisp
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