Judith Hausman

This cake makes good use of canned applesauce.

  Photo by Judith Hausman Let them eat this cake. Prunes aren’t the sexiest fruit with which to celebrate Valentine’s Day, but as California has discovered, dried plums sound a little better; plus, they work well in a Chocolate Dried-Plum Loaf Cake. Actually, dried cherries soaked in sherry, chopped apricots soaked in Grand Marnier or […]

Photo by Judith Hausman Pumpkin and rice are winter comfort foods. I love this pumpkin and rice winter salad recipe, a substantial cross between a salad and a side that makes use of long-keeping winter resources such as pumpkin and onions. Serve it room temperature accompanied by a green salad to make it a light […]

Photo by Judith Hausman If you planned correctly, you still have some summer corn frozen and ready for pudding! On the corn continuum, there’s corn pudding, then spoonbread, then cornbread. The first one, for which you have a recipe here, doesn’t use cornmeal and is as soft as a flan. It could almost become a […]

Photo by Judith Hausman This upside-down cake will turn a frown into a smile. Here’s a sweet for January. Not only does it use citrus in season, but it also is lighter and more sanctimonious than most cakes because January is the month of eaters’ remorse and diet resolutions. The cake is relatively lightly sweetened […]

This tapenade uses almonds instead of olives as its base.

Photo by Judith Hausman Who doesn’t want a slice of pie?!  I’m from Southern New York, yes, but I certainly didn’t grow up with sweet potato pie. Still, even post-holidays, its homey spices sing to me. The texture and flavors are very similar to a pumpkin pie; in fact, this recipe works fine with pureed […]

  Photo by Judith Hausman Top some tacos with this winter slaw. We had black bean and corn tacos for dinner last night: perfect warming food for a frigid snowy night. The local corn in them (I had frozen wisely) reminded us that summer would eventually return. Still, even wintery dinners need the refreshment and […]

Photo by Judith Hausman Fish soup is warm and comforting. It’s snowy and cold this time of year, just the right weather to call on the half-gallon of lobster broth I cosseted home from summer vacation months ago. I had to nestle it in bags of ice in a large cooler, and even then, one […]

Photo by Judith Hausman Middle Eastern meets American in this holiday twist. Inspiration twice over: long, deep-orange pie pumpkins from my CSA and the gift of a Middle Eastern cookbook. The result was pumpkin hummus, a novel hit at Thanksgiving. While any winter squash, especially butternut, would serve, these pie pumpkins are especially nonfibrous and […]