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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘pie’
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 »
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 [...]
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 [...]
