American Treats

Recently I did the most amazing road trip down the coastal shores of California. I started in San Fransisco and ended in San Diego on the borders of Mexico. While I was there I experienced some amazing Mexican restaurants. I was totally overwhelmed by the flavour and effort that went into all the incredible dishes. What you can see below is something you could rarely find in an English restaurant. A fish taco: One of the most famous foods in San Diego. My favourite food I tried is a well known dip guacamole (mashed avocado with chopped herbs and tomatoes.)

Another snack my father and I shared is a dish you would never find in England. Deep Fried Artichoke. This healthy snack is like a normal artichoke but covered in batter and dipped in different sauces.

  

Jo-Jo's

Last weekend I went to an english seaside village called Whitstable. I went to a cafe called Jo-Jo's during my stay. It is a cafe that serves tapas, which means that the food is served in small portions. As I went as a party of 7 there were many more plates of food than the pictures below. however as these were my favourite, these are the ones I will explain to you. As I was by the sea the main dish you would expect to find is fish and chips. The plate above is cod covered in parmesan cheese and parsley served with tar-tar sauce. It was scrumptious. The picture below is mostly spicy salads and different dips and sauces.

My recent blog post about children's menus is now in the Jewish News. Here is a link to the second article I published, about school dinners.
LET’S NOSH! My recipe for healthy and tasty school dinners

Challah baking

This week I went to a challah baking session with my mum. A challah is a three plaited loaf of bread. However some people do their own version of this. I once watched on the television that Paul Hollywood had made an eight plaited loaf. Another fun way to make it is by doing a tear and share loaf: you would shape about twelve mini rolls with the dough and then connect them together.  

Many Jews have a custom to eat challah every Friday night dinner and Saturday lunch.  

My challah in the photo is a four plaited loaf covered in egg white and poppy seeds.                  

My father likes cooking almost as much as me and he recently went on a cookery course. He made some very interesting food, one of which he demonstrated at home. This one was called shakshukah. You can make almost any versions of this dish. My father made it with meat and it was scrumptious.

My piping dream

This post is not about something I have done, but about a picture I have noticed in the newspaper. The picture clearly illustrates different ways and shapes to pipe icing. I think it is amazing that the same icing can create so many different things by only using a different shaped piping cap. My Favourite one is the one on the second line to the far left. I like this one because the illustration is so dainty and delicate.

special sauce pasta

My father has a brilliant recipe for pasta sauce and he has shown me how to make it. These pictures show the steps used. The recipe is simple and here is how its done.
  you will need
 olives
garlic
tuna 
pasta
capers 
tomato sauce


method

Pour chopped olives capers and chopped garlic in the sauce pan with some oil if necessary. Then stir till the oil bubbles add the tomato sauce and Continue to stir until you can see the olives,  capers and garlic.         
 When you can add the tuna and keep stirring. finally boil up some pasta of any kind and mix together.