Laura B. Weiss's Blog
August 20, 2015
Where to Get Great Mac and Cheese From Coast to Coast
If you’re hankering for a gooey, creamy bowl of mac and cheese, here’s where to find some of the best. Read my Food Network story here.
May 19, 2015
Will the Real Matzo Brei Please Stand Up?
Do you like it crisp or mushy? Sweet or savory? Read my story on Tastebook.com about matzo brei here.
by Laura B. WeissApril 4, 2015
Matzo brei for Passover. Photo: Elzbieta Sekowska via Shutterstock
When Passover rolls around, I find myself thinking about my Uncle Danny and his matzo brei, a homey holiday classic in which dampened crumbled matzo is combined with beaten eggs and fried matzo.
Though I was a child when I last tucked into my uncle’s version of this earthy concoction, the m...
Tastebook.com: Will the Real Matzo Brei Please Stand Up?
April 4, 2015
Matzo brei for Passover. Photo: Elzbieta Sekowska via Shutterstock
When Passover rolls around, I find myself thinking about my Uncle Danny and his matzo brei, a homey holiday classic in which dampened crumbled matzo is combined with beaten eggs and fried matzo.
Though I was a child when I last tucked into my uncle’s version of this earthy concoction, the memory of its pleasing buttery taste is one I still cherish.
Even now, all these years later, I can pict...
Baking Like the French: PW Talks With Dorie Greenspan
In Dorie Greenspan’s new cookbook, Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere (HMH, Oct.), Greenspan celebrates French home baking with elegant but simple dessert recipes. PW caught up with the James Beard Award-winning cookbook author to chat about why the French don’t bake for fun, how women in France never say “non” to dessert, and one French take on a very American treat.
You planned to write about classic French pastry but ended u...
Publishers Weekly: Baking Like the French: PW Talks With Dorie Greenspan
In Dorie Greenspan’s new cookbook, Baking Chez Moi: Recipes from My Paris Home to Your Home Anywhere (HMH, Oct.), Greenspan celebrates French home baking with elegant but simple dessert recipes. PW caught up with the James Beard Award-winning cookbook author to chat about why the French don’t bake for fun, how women in France never say “non” to dessert, and one French take on a very American treat.
You planned to write about classic French pastry but ended...
August 10, 2014
How to Make a Showstopping Ice Cream Cake
By Laura B. Weiss
Photo: Food Network
Ice cream cakes are simple to make. So don’t wait for a celebration. Read my story on how to make this scrumptuous treat for family andfriends.
Food Network: How to Make a Showstopping Ice Cream Cake
By Laura B. Weiss
Photo: Food Network
Ice cream cakes are simple to make. So don’t wait for a celebration. Read my story on how to make this scrumptuous treat for family andfriends.
July 8, 2014
NPR: The Humble Banana Gets Its Due + Recipes
By Laura B. Weiss
Read my story onNPR about the banana’s fascinating history.
Once Exotic, Now Ubiquitous, Bananas Deserve A Bunch More Respect
byLAURA B. WEISS
February 19, 20149:26 AM ET
iStockphoto
Get recipes forBanana Cream Pie,Caramelized Bananas With Nuts And Orange Liqueur,Banana Berry Smoothie With Almond MilkandWhole-Wheat Blueberry Banana Pancakes.
What’s more American than apple pie? It’s that familiar yellow-skinned fruit that, well, we all go bananas over.
Americans down more bananas th...
The Humble Banana Gets Its Due + Recipes
Read my story onNPR about the banana’s fascinating history.
Once Exotic, Now Ubiquitous, Bananas Deserve A Bunch More Respect
byLAURA B. WEISS
February 19, 20149:26 AM ET
iStockphoto
Get recipes forBanana Cream Pie,Caramelized Bananas With Nuts And Orange Liqueur,Banana Berry Smoothie With Almond MilkandWhole-Wheat Blueberry Banana Pancakes.
What’s more American than apple pie? It’s that familiar yellow-skinned fruit that, well, we all go bananas over.
Americans down more bananas than any other frui...
December 5, 2013
NPR: Salad Recipes To Chase Away the Winter Blahs
By Laura B. Weiss
Just because fresh greens and veggies aren’t’ readily available in the winter months is no reason to stop eating salad. Try some of these easy winter salad recipes from my latest NPR post, including this one for an updated version of that classic, the Waldorf Salad.
Not Your Aunt Zelda’s Waldorf Salad
I updated this classic recipefor “Apple, Celery and Nut Salad (Waldorf)” fromThe Settlement Cookbook, compiled by Mrs. Simon Kander (25th Edition, 1943). You may certainly opt for...
