My sister remembered this story from her childhood and e-mailed it to me. “I had a job after school helping an elderly man with his errands. I would take his laundry to the cleaners on the corner. I bought him the evening paper and sometimes I would pick up two slices of pizza for his [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Dessert’
Marizon’s Steamed Persimmon Pudding
Posted in Dessert, Eggs, Parve (non-dairy), Shavuot, tagged Dessert, Egg (food), Persimmon, Pudding, Shavuot on April 24, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Passover Lemon Meringue Pie
Posted in Dessert, Parve (non-dairy), Passover, tagged Dessert, Egg yolk, Lemon meringue pie, matzoh meal, Passover, pie, Sugar on March 14, 2012 | 12 Comments »
Last week I lost two important people in my life, my cousin Robert, who was more like an older brother than a cousin, and my close friend Ruthie. I went back East for Robert’s funeral and what I experienced over the course of five days was the workings of a family who come together like [...]
Plum Galette
Posted in Dessert, tagged Dessert, galette, Italian plums, Pareve, pie, Plums, The Bronx on August 9, 2011 | 12 Comments »
There were days when we just didn’t want to get on the bus to Orchard Beach. We wanted to escape the crowds, the scene, the heat of our apartment, and the people. We would take our transistor radio, a book, a towel, and a reflector, and just like thousands of others teens in New York [...]
Hamantaschen
Posted in Dessert, Purim, tagged Dessert, Hamantaschen recipe, Prunes, Purim, Toronto on March 13, 2011 | 8 Comments »
It is Sunday morning, March 13th, 2011. My plan was to bake Hamantachen today, allowing for enough time to ship them to New York and Florida. I am still going to bake, but things feel different. In the background the radio is turned to NPR, reporting on the situation in Japan. There is a [...]
Mollie’s Mississippi Mud Cake
Posted in Dessert, tagged Chocolate Cake, Dessert, Recipe fpr Mississippi Mud Pie on December 16, 2010 | 5 Comments »
My friend Lori wanted to share this story and recipe about her mom, Mollie. I was touched by the request and thrilled that she wanted to honor her Mom! Last week I spent an afternoon with Lori watching her prepare this family recipe and when the cake was done, we shared a slice. My [...]
Rosh Hashana Apple Cake
Posted in Dessert, tagged Apple Cake, Dessert, Pareve Cakes, Rosh Hashana, Rosh Hashana Memories on September 2, 2010 | 8 Comments »
My memory is of the general flurry of activity that took place before every Rosh Hashana. The purchase of new clothing and shoes for the New Year. The smell of chicken soup cooking on the stove, and round challas baking in the oven of my mother’s kitchen. My mother standing over mounds of dough that [...]
Sour Cherry Pie
Posted in Dessert, tagged Dessert, pie, Sour Cherry Parve on June 25, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I long for slow, lazy days. For me that opportunity comes once a week, on Shabbat. It is the only day when I don’t rush out of bed, I don’t rush to work, I actually don’t rush to do anything other that what I want to do. The morning starts by going into the kitchen [...]
Caramel Apple Tart
Posted in Dessert, tagged apples, caramel food, Dessert, pie, recipe on May 31, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I attended a day camp called Funland during one summer, or maybe even part of a summer. Most summers were spent in the “mountains” at a bungalow colony in upstate New York. Typically these colonies were filled with Jewish women and children who were escaping the city’s heat and humidity. We passed the time by playing: the women [...]
Rena’s Cheesecake
Posted in Dairy, Dessert, Shavuot, tagged cake, cheesecake, cream cheese, Dessert, Flourless Dessert, Shavuot on May 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Shavuot is approaching and the tradition is to serve dairy meals, stemming from a description of Israel as “a land flowing with milk and honey.” What a wonderful opportunity to create meals with ingredients that I love. Sweet butter, heavy cream, farmer cheese, cream cheese and sour cream will be transformed into vichyssoise, blintzes, cheesecake, and [...]
Brownie Meringues
Posted in Dessert, Passover, tagged chocolate, Dessert, Flourless Dessert, Pareve (non-dairy), Passover on March 11, 2010 | 7 Comments »
We are now three weeks away from Passover. This is the first time in about twenty years that we will be conducting the Seder in the dining room primarily because twelve of us can fit there. No need to empty out the living room, order extra tables, rent cloths and napkins. Yet instead of being happy about [...]
