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Mushrooms & Leeks in Sherry Sage Butter
Some foods feel sexier than others. My mushrooms & leeks in sherry sage butter is a decadent, velvety, sexy appetizer. The leeks & mushrooms have a rich, caramel-ly flavor & go perfectly with a soft, spreading cheese on bread. Something earthy & delightful happens when you add the extra butter & the sherry at the […]
Za’atar Roasted Chickpeas
Listen. This recipe will start with dried chickpeas and uses the Instant Pot to rehydrate them. At the moment I have the time and the inclination to make this recipe using dried chickpeas and I think it changes the texture to be more crunchy/chewy, which I prefer. That being said it is TOTALLY fine to […]
Welcome!
I’m so glad that you are here! I have created this website to be as kind and welcoming as the warmth of my kitchen. And now I’m opening my kitchen up to you. Do What Ema Says is a Food Blog written for chefs and home cooks with a discriminating palate and sensible budget. I […]
What is food on the floor?
Anyone else have this happen to them? You make dinner for your family & it is just about ready to serve. At exactly the same time the light you need for your food pic is fading. There in the garden is the elusive glow of golden hour that you have heard about, but it really […]
What is Fill Yer Fridge?
There are recipes that come & go based on seasonality, your family’s preferences & your pantry. I’ll be posting those each week and you will find those recipes in the Food On The Floor section. Then there are also not-so-basic basics that I recommend having in your fridge most of the time. These basics, such […]
I talk to myself about butter
Skip the flowers; bring me butter. That’s what I heard myself say, talking out loud in the kitchen while I was making breakfast. I was frying eggs & spinach & I pulled out the good butter from the fridge. Not the regular unsalted, supermarket, stick butter that I use for cooking, but the good stuff. […]
Tzatziki
Tzatziki doesn’t stay in my fridge for long. I make it & it’s all eaten up in about 48 hours. It may be because it dresses up chicken, fish, salad, grains really well. Or just because it has the right balance of yogurt & lemon with that fresh dill flavor popping up bright & clear […]
Roasted Acorn Squash & Kale with Maple Tahini Dressing
I roast lots of veggies in the oven & my go-to for a roasting oil is coconut oil. I like to add it with my hands & massage it into my veggies & I like the way that it coats both the veggies & the roasting pan so that I can avoid any kind of […]
Hazelnut, Cranberry, Rosemary Camembert
Company is coming over. What do you make? This Camembert is way too filling to have as an appetizer and then sit down for this Ema’s Shabbat dinner so no, not then. But for nibbles & drinks? It’ll be perfect. I like to have it all ready to go & then pop into the oven […]
Maple Tahini Dressing
There are some things my ideal fridge would always have on hand. When I was a little girl I visited a family friend’s home in Chestnut Hill, MA – the posh kind with impossibly tall windows, elegance & a near empty fridge. Beyond the bare glass shelves it did have was champagne & Pommery mustard. […]