Cheese Blintzes (Filled Crepes)

Blintzes are traditionally served on the Jewish holiday of  Shavuot (Pentecost). Yesterday, I wrote about making blintzes or other holiday foods healthier. When I was growing up, my mother often served Empire frozen blintzes. When she first made them from scratch, almost certainly from Norene Gilletz’s book The Pleasures of Your Food Processor, the family […]

Greek Salad with Feta Cheese and Olives

Wednesday is Recipe Day at Cooking Manager. This guest post by Michelle is in honor of Shavuot (Pentecost), the Jewish holiday observed next week when it’s traditional to serve dairy. Greek salad, or horiatiki, is a rough country salad of juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumber, sliced red onion, pepper, crumbly feta cheese and plump kalamata olives. […]