Sunday, March 30, 2008
Big Press Week, Big Kvetch
Last week was quite special for me. There were stories about me and my new book, “Arthur Schwartz’s Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited” in, on Monday, New York Magazine, on Wednesday in the New York Times, and on Friday in the New York Daily News. On Saturday, a website called TheCityCook.com mounted an interview with me. You can actually hear my voice. And that’s just the first installment. On City Cook, there is also a very complimentary review and a sample recipe – Matzo Balls.
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Friday, March 28, 2008
A Great Bean Soup Recipe, and Other Stuff
I’m starting today’s entry with a recipe – other items follow -- because I haven’t given you one in a while, and because this one, from Siracusa, in Sicily, is very of-the-moment, which is to say apropos of spring’s arrival.
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Monday, March 24, 2008
Lobster Roll Alert
I used to have mixed feelings about the huge Fairway market here in Brooklyn, in (no matter whay you hear) still-desolate and still-dissolute Red Hook, in a vast nineteenth century dockside warehouse with a big parking lot and a right-on view of the Statue of Liberty. But I have changed my mind. I am a big fan of Fairway now and I look for an excuse to get in the car and drive over. One huge excuse is the bargain lobster roll, only $7.95. But more on that later.
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Schwartz Is Busting Out All Over
Schwartz is busting out all over. No, my weight is under control – not losing really, but not gaining either. It’s just that I am beginning to appear on other web sites.
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Sunday, March 2, 2008
Come See Me
Allow me to market myself today.
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