This tangy sauce brings the flavors of the Mediterranean to a non-traditional dish, creating a healthier and lighter alternative to traditional potato latkes and sour cream. (Find the recipe for Zuchinni Latkes here.)

These zucchini latkes are the Middle Eastern alternative to Eastern European potato latkes, and adding flavors from the Mediterranean helps create this lighter and healthier alternative. While the latkes may be a little time-consuming, they are really easy to make, and the yoghurt sauce can even be made a day in advance. (Click here for the recipe for Sage and Pine Nut Yoghurt Sauce.)
This recipe usually makes about 25-30 latkes.

This year we hosted Thanksgiving at home for the first time, which wasn't so daunting since my mother-in-law offered to cook almost EVERYTHING! The only thing I was in charge of was the turkey, and since I'd made a pretty good turkey leg once, with advice from our chef Sam Garelick, I figured it couldn't be that hard...

And, guess what? It wasn't! So here's my approximate recipe for a 12 pound roast turkey. Feel free to improvise (especially since these measurements are really estimates), and you may discover a new favorite entree!

Here is one of my favorite yam recipes--perfect for Thanksgiving!

This dessert is ridiculously decadent, and even more ridiculously easy to make. A friend in college made it from one of her mom's recipes, and I say that if you can bake something in a college dorm you can pretty much bake it anywhere.

This has become one of my most requested desserts. I bring it every time I go to my cousins' for Succot (there's a chance I would not be allowed to come without it) and it's divided up into tiny pieces so that it lasts through at least four meals. This recipe actually makes two pies (don't tell them that), and it freezes really well, so you can knock out two meals' worth of desserts at the same time.