Tag: may

• Labneh Basque Cheesecake with Sesame Poached Apricots

  Hi! It’s been a little while. I’m back to share this cheesecake recipe with you in honor of Shavuot, which starts on Thursday evening. Shavuot might be one of my favorite holidays. Since I was young, my cousins and I have gone upstate to celebrate the Chag together. We make a beautiful menu full of…

  Chaya

  May 23, 2023

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  apricots, baking, basque, cheesecake, dairy, food blog, kosher, may, pistachio, recipes, sesame, shavuot

• Pretzel Challah Dogs

  Here’s a list of things I don’t understand: math. Drake’s latest rap beef. Hot dogs. Here’s a list of things I DO understand: Challah. Pretzels. Sausages. The big three. The holy trinity! Today, we’re combining all three of those things to make Pretzel Challah Dogs. Get ready, because you know what happens when you combine…

  Chaya

  May 30, 2018

  Delectables

  baking, barbecue, challah, cooking, delicious, food blog, food photography, food writing, german, hot dogs, italian, jewish, may, pretzel, recipes, sausages, summer

• Salted Chocolate Rye and Vanilla Bean Olive Oil Ice Cream Sandwiches

  Ice cream wars! Who else had them as a kid? Chocolate or vanilla! Strawberry or chocolate, vanilla or both?! I always chose chocolate, and I got a fair amount of flack for it. But vanilla never held a candle to chocolate for me. It was boring, tasteless and way too basic. I’m still not much…

  Chaya

  May 13, 2018

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  baking, chocolate, custard, delicious, food, food blog, food blogger, food photography, ice cream, kosher, may, olive oil, photography, recipes, rye, sea salt, shavuot, spring, summer, vanilla, vanilla bean

• Vanilla Bean Cheesecake Tart with Roasted Rhubarb

  Let’s make cheesecake! In tart form! I’m a big fan of tarts because they look super elegant and are simple to make. I specifically love a cheesecake in tart form. The towering height of a classic cheesecake (such as this one) is too rich for some people, and a tart scales it down, yielding a…

  Chaya

  May 28, 2017

  Delectables

  baking, butter, cheesecake, dairy, may, photography, rhubarb, shavuot, spring, sugar, tart, vanilla bean, writing

• Oat and Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Maple Berries

  Hello hello! Checking in here, which I have not been doing enough of lately. I’m putting it to down to life/being busy- think 18 hour days on set, few breaks, lots of running around and barely enough time to eat or drink. Living the dream! I tend to get sick when my schedule looks like…

  Chaya

  May 15, 2017

  Delectables

  berries, breakfast, brunch, cottage cheese, eggs, food, gluten free, healthy, maple syrup, may, oats, pancakes, photography, recipes, seasonal, writing

• Strawberry Ice Cream Sandwiches with Cacao Nib Cookies

  It’s 90 degrees out. The AC is broken. The afternoon is long and hot. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? Ice cream to the rescue! Ice cream is my summer vice and I’m not sorry about it. In fact, the only time I am sorry about ice cream is when I leave it out too…

  Chaya

  May 26, 2016

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  buckwheat, cacao nibs, cookies, dairy, delicious, dessert, food, gluten free, ice cream, ice cream sandwiches, may, oats, photography, recipes, seasonal, spring, strawberries, summer, writing

• Apricot Frangipane Tartlets

  Mother’s day is this Sunday and I’m making a little brunch for my Mom. I am usually pretty casual when it comes to brunch; shakshuka, avocado toast and scones are some of my favorite weekend mainstays. However, I wanted to make something a little fancier for this Sunday and these tartlets fit the bill. Simple…

  Chaya

  May 5, 2016

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  almonds, apricots, butter, dairy, delicious, dessert, frangipane, french, may, mother’s day, photography, recipes, seasonal, spring, tartlets, vanilla, writing

• Whole Wheat Sandwich Loaf

  Ever since I started making sourdough bread, I’ve been giving other breads some serious side eye. Nothing is comparable to the taste and texture of sourdough and using instant yeast in place of a natural leavener seems like a major cop out to me. Why go the easy route when a slightly more involved one…

  Chaya

  May 2, 2016

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  baking, bread, delicious, food, honey, loaf, may, oil, recipes, sandwich, seasonal, vegan, wheat, writing

• Cacao Nib & Frangelico Cheesecake

  

  Cheesecake. If you are lucky, you know it well: if you are luckier, you know it in it’s smoothest, creamiest form. But maybe you know cheesecake as being crumbly, or lacking flavor, in the name of cutting calories corners? Maybe you have had cheesecakes that cracked right down the middle, or ones that sogged from a leaky…

  Chaya

  May 22, 2015

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  cheesecake, delicious, dessert, food, kosher, may, photography, recipes, seasonal, shavuos, shavuot, sweet

• Buttermilk Blueberry Muffins

  My mom’s very favorite treat is a blueberry muffin.  A big, bakery-style one, with a crispy top and filled with sweet blueberries. The problem is, bakery muffins never measure up to what they could be. At their ideal, they’d be moist, sweet, and exploding with blueberries. In reality, they are usually stale from a long…

  Chaya

  May 10, 2015

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  baking, blueberries, blueberry muffins, breakfast, brunch, delicious, dessert, food, may, mom, mother’s day, photography, recipes, spring, sweet