December 16, 2010
My mother is personally offended by any dessert that isn’t chocolate. She firmly believes that no non-chocolate dessert can ever be worth the calories. When she […]
January 20, 2011
I learned how to do nothing for seven hours a day. I didn’t think I had it in me. When I was on bed rest before […]
March 16, 2011
For most of my life, I had no love for hamentaschen, the triangle-shaped filled cookies eaten on the Jewish holiday of Purim. I always found the […]
April 4, 2011
Even for experienced bakers, Passover is the greatest annual challenge.Passover bakers cannot use flour, yeast or even pure vanilla. Very few bakeries make kosher for Passover […]
August 28, 2013
This is the time of year when Jewish people contemplate their lives. For my family, this season started early, when my beloved father in- law, Arthur […]
November 21, 2013
I know that Thanksgivikkuh already involves mixing traditions, but I had to go one step further. There is a recipe for classic churros in the Chanukah […]
January 30, 2014
Every January I look for official year highlights in print because every top ten list suggests another book to buy for my Kindle, a new song […]
June 24, 2016
Everyone has a story that shaped his or her relationship with food. Many chefs my age, including me, were influenced by the meals that were prevalent […]
