Hamantashen

Sunday With Marlena Spieler This is my last post for our series of cooking through the cook book, Jewish Cooking by Marlena Spieler. What a blast! I got to know two of my blogger friends more closely, had the opportunity to meet Marlena a couple of times and even learned to make Matzo ball soup [...]

Roasted Eggplant Salad

Sundays with Marlena Spieler This was a relaxing weekend for us. We spent time with friends and family and today we get to relax and start the week ahead. We did not cook much at home, but definitely ate a lot of food. We wanted something light today and this recipe came in handy. Our [...]

Mushroom Caviar

Sundays’ with Marlena Speiler- Mushroom Caviar Mixtures of finely chopped sauteed vegetables served with fresh bread or toast is a very common tradition in Jewish households. The texture of the dish is the reason why it is called Caviar and not the actual content, says Marlena. Recipe: Mushroom Caviar Ingredients Dried Porcini Mushrooms- 1/2 cup [...]

Sephardi Spiced Chicken Rice

Sundays with Marlena Spieler How is everyone doing after Thanksgiving?  We had a great time with family. We cooked both traditional and non traditional dishes, but it is the quality time you spend with family that counts right? When we get together, of course food plays a vital role and we always look for festive [...]

Tomato Soup

Sundays with Marlena Spieler This  soup was a part of our meal along with  latkes & Apple Cranberry Chutney. When we cook, we tend to compare to something familiar maybe? To us the flavors just felt like rasam, a go to soup that one is given in South India when we have a cold or [...]

Latkes & Apple Cranberry Sauce

Hello Everyone, Sundays with Marlena Spieler We are so happy to have moved to this new website of ours which is a labor of love, a gift from our  dear sister and 12 year old niece. It is weird, but it feels like having moved from a rental property to your own home . Moving [...]