I’m not sure why but I always though that cheesecakes are complicated and that’s why I tried avoiding them, although I just love cheesecakes, I mean, who doesn’t? So I decided to take advantage of the fact that these past few days were a Jewish holiday that focuses on eating dairy (“Shavuot”) and dived in, […]
Shavuot is one of my favorite Jewish holidays. Shavuot commemorates the anniversary of the day the Torah (10 commandments) was given to the entire nation of Israel assembled at Mount Sinai. Now, that’s all nice and dandy but what I really like about the holiday is the food – obviously. You see, this holiday is […]
I was looking for a nice recipe for a cheesecake. I always make the ones that do not require baking, but this time I was determined to bake a cheesecake. It’s a whole different thing. Unbaked cheesecakes are more like mousse or ice cream to me, whereas baked ones – they’re a whole different league. […]
I usually don’t bother remembering how I made something, especially when it comes to blintzes. I mix milk with oil and flour, eggs and some sugar, take a look at the texture, decide it’s good to go and that’s it.
It’s always a good idea to have puff pastry at home. You can always thaw it a couple of hours before you use it and the best thing is that you can actually make anything from it, whether sweet or salty – It’ll always work. One of our favorites is puffed pastry with mushrooms.