From choosing the potatoes, to the way the potatoes are processed…making a great kugel is simple, but the details matter. The perfect potato kugel means different things to different people. But for a real traditional kugel you want it creamy inside and crispy in the outside. I’ve tried every trick out there – heating up…
Basics
How to Achieve Perfectly Cooked Stovetop Rice
Do you like long grain rice? Or brown rice? Or do you keep basmati or jasmine in your pantry? No matter your rice, there’s a perfect cooking method for you. By Sara Chana Gruskin Rice is a highly common winter comfort food. It’s a healthy, inexpensive grain that has the ability to transform a…
Basics: How to Prep Skirt Steak
The two essential first steps when preparing your perfect skirt steak. I love serving skirt steak because it’s so effortless and everyone loves it. My latest favorite is grilled simply and paired with this salad. You can also try this version (Newsflash: skirt steak goes well with mango), and we have a new skirt steak…
Basics: How to Clean Your Urn
Your urn will be clean, shiny, and look like new in one easy step. You know how there are some things that lose their shininess and newness and you just resign yourself to the fact that it’s how the world works? Well, here’s one simple way to restore the glow to one simple thing in…
Basics: The Best Cheese Blintzes in Town
Want to make delicious, airy, thin blintzes with that creamy filling for Shavuos? By Chevi Shapira This is my mother’s blintzes recipe, the all-time best. She makes it all the time and over the years so many friends have asked her for the recipe. But, then, they complained that they couldn’t get the blintzes as…
Basics: How to Make the Perfect Cheese Latkes
Want to make the best cheese latkes? We searched for the best recipe. And bonus: it’s easy too. Recipe by Deviory Roth We went on search for the perfect cheese latkes, asking all our friend and family to see who had the very best version. This one is a family favorite that’s also quick…
How To Poach An Egg
Don’t be afraid. You can do this. Poached eggs are so delicious, elegant, versatile and…for some, scary. But, why? Really, they are so easy to prepare. I promise. All you need to know is the method and you will wonder why you didn’t try this ages ago. Let me explain how to poach eggs, the…
How to Cook Flanken Like a Pro
Don’t know what the hype is about flanken? Prep it this way and you’ll know. Flanken is not a cheap cut of meat. At least, not now. Flanken used to be inexpensive…but because of it’s popularity and demand, the price has gone up. What is the hype all about anyway? Ask that question and we…
How To Cook Applesauce
It’s so simple and incomparably better than the jarred stuff. You don’t need to be an organic hippie mom to make homemade applesauce for your baby, from scratch. And it doesn’t need to be Pesach either, although I totally recommend you try it this Pesach. Homemade applesauce is so much better and so worth…
How to Get Your Pots to Shine
Get that grease off and let your pots shine before you pack them away for Pesach (or get ‘em clean anytime!) If you aren’t someone that gets excited when your pots are shiny, you can stop reading (unless you often get stuck with burnt grease pots and need some advice). I’m not sure if…