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I love great food, interesting books, fascinating travel, outrageous movies, and bacon, especially when it sits on top of a great cheeseburger!
I work in entertainment - and I have been lucky enough to interview some really talented Artists - that guides my posts: interesting and provocative movies, music, social media and of course, food, since I believe strongly in the maxim, "everyone eats!"
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Biting Into Paul’s Da Burger Joint! Is This New York’s Best Burger?
What Makes A Great Burger? As I eat some of New York’s most renowned burgers, I ask myself that question all the time. Is it all about how big a burger can be? I ask because I recently ate at one… Read More ›
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Did You Start The New Year With Some “Hoppin’ John?” Here’s My Good Luck Recipe!
Dig Into This “Good Luck” Stew! Do you know what “Hoppin’ John” is? Well I didn’t! I didn’t know a thing about “Hoppin’ John” until my wife told me about it years ago. You are supposed to make it on New… Read More ›
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Cooking Aliyah And Joodse Boterkoek Too! The Cookbook Confidential Has The Recipes And Review!
Meet “The Julia Child Of Jewish Cooking!” I love this choice as I haven’t cooked Jewish food and was eager to try! Here’s what I found out about the cookbook and Chef Claudia Roden: “Claudia Roden is the author of… Read More ›
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Robbie Bakes A Honey Cake! A Tasty Cookbook Confidential Recipe And Review!
Robbie Tackles Claudia Roden’s Cooking! Bernadette’s terrific “Cookbook Confidential” series continues with a delicious looking treat from “The Book Of Jewish Food” by Claudia Roden. Robbie Cheadle made a honey cake for her father’s birthday, so the timing of the… Read More ›
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Cooking An Amazing Potato Dish – And More Fish Balls Too! Cookbook Confidential Has The Recipes!
It’s day three of the terrific Cookbook Confidential review series, and today Dorothy Grover – Read made two dishes from “The Book Of Jewish Food” Cookbook, and both look terrific – in fact, I made one of them yesterday! As… Read More ›
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A Classic “Fish Balls In Tomato Sauce” Recipe From Claudia Roden – For Cookbook Confidential Review!
A Traditional Jewish Recipe Reviewed! Once again, Bernadette has put together a terrific review series where a number of us make a recipe from a single cookbook for review. Meet “The Julia Child Of Jewish Cooking!” I love this choice… Read More ›
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Cookbook Confidential Tackles Goulash! Here Is Jo Tracy’s Take On Claudia Roden’s Recipe!
Day #2 Of Cookbook Confidential Has Goulash! Bravo to Bernadette and her “New Classic Recipe” website for allowing a number of us to cook from this cookbook: This series gives us all a chance to discover new recipes, and to… Read More ›
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Cookbook Confidential Has Traditional Jewish Cooking! Here’s A “Holiskes” – Stuffed Cabbage Leaves Recipe!
“Every cuisine tells a story. Jewish food tells the story of an uprooted, migrating people and their vanished worlds. It lives in people’s minds and has been kept alive because of what it evokes and represents.” Claudia Roden With that… Read More ›
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I Taste New York’s Iconic Hot Dog! Flipping Over Gray’s Papaya!
Flipping Out Over Gray’s Papaya! Yes, that’s me outside of Gray’s Papaya, a legendary Hot Dog stand that launched in 1973 and routinely makes the list of “must eat” New York food! Here’s why: OK, so isn’t a hot dog… Read More ›
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My Homemade Paella! Here’s The Recipe For Langoustine / Chorizo / Seafood Rice!
My Paella Adventure! I’m always looking for some new recipes, and what better way to find one than looking in a cookbook I had sitting right on my shelf! I was inspired by this great cookbook we bought after our… Read More ›
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