It was in the early 1980s when Norm and I decided to build our first Sukkah. Neither of us had grown up with one, and so we had no family traditions to help guide us. We had to create our own, discover our own way, and find traditions that we were comfortable with. One year [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nuts’
Sweet Coucous
Posted in Grain, Parve (non-dairy), Side Dish, tagged Couscous, Nuts, Raisins, side dishes, Succot in Poland, Sukkot, sweet couscous on September 21, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Imberlach
Posted in Dessert, Passover, tagged candy, Ginger, Honey, Matzoh Farfel, Nuts, Pareve (non-dairy), Passover on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is a Saiger family recipe for a Passover confection called Imberlach. The recipe was handed down to my mother-in-law from her mother-in-law, Manya Saiger, my children’s great-grandmother. My mother-in-law once described Imberlach for a Passover cookbook “watch your cavities or fillings, the imberlach are jawbreakers, but oh so good.” Imberlach 1 1/2 lbs. honey 1/2 cup sugar [...]
Persian Charoset
Posted in Passover, tagged charoset, Dates, Nuts, Pareve (non-dairy), Passover, Persian on March 15, 2010 | 4 Comments »
For the next fourteen days I will be devoting my post to one Passover recipe a day. Who has time for stories? Hope you try them and enjoy them. This recipe for Persian Charoset was given to me by a friend many years ago. One of the wonderful culinary influences in Los Angeles is that [...]
