"The only real stumbling block is the fear of failure. In cooking, you have got to have a what-the-hell attitude." ~ Julia Child

OK let’s be honest. This “number one” tip is the only Passover tip from me you’re gonna get.

But it’s a good one. I pass along here a much loved family recipe from a worthy friend of mine “It goes way back,” she tells me. “Two, maybe even three years.”

Matzo Pizza.

Here’s how you do it:

matzo and daffs

Yours should probably be the Kosher for Passover kind

 

Then, get your pizza maker to help:

Spread your pizza sauce. Any kind will do

 

Then, and this last bit is tricky….

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lettuce

Not your mother's iceberg. This is fabulous fresh lettuce from my local urban farm.

A reader just wrote in saying she loved this blog because she could so relate. She is also a middle-aged mom whose own mother wasn’t interested in cooking and so she never learned how to do anything in the kitchen.

The only difference, she says, is that I WANT to cook, and she doesn’t. She’d rather deal with teenagers than cook.

That’s some serious aversion.

So it made me think, why DO I even bother? Why DO I like to cook and want to learn, considering my constant stupid mistakes and ruined simple dishes? Why don’t I just give up and, I don’t know…live on take-out and stuff in cans?

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Good Glop: Quinoa Pilaf with Lemon and Zucchini

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Here is a textbook example of what separates a good home cook from a bad home cook. Tonight I regarded the packet of zucchini squash on my counter, eyeballed the lemon in my fruit bowl, remembered the cilantro in the ‘Fridge, and decided I should make an attempt to utilize the three. I Googled these [...]

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