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What can I say, I have been missing in action for a few weeks but I do have a good excuse. We are heading to Texas where our eldest son is getting married. Too busy to do much cooking but not too busy to contemplate the importance of sharing food with the people you love. […]
When I was growing up, Sunday was my father’s day to cook. The menu never varied, it was always broiled steaks and lamb chops, a salad, and home-made french fries. My father prided himself on knowing his way around a kitchen. He would peel and cut the fries in a particular way, preferring a thick […]
How do you keep traditions alive, and at the same time stay creative and flexible? Every year, during Passover, our family talks about incorporating Kitniyot into our diet. My reaction is always the same, how will future generations know about our family’s Ashkenazi traditions, if we all end up eating rice and legumes. Without preserving […]
I met Maria P. at the Shoah Foundation about 15 years ago, when she was hired to catalogue the testimonies of Greek Jews. A petite woman, with dark, medium length hair and olive skin, my mother would have described her as being made of “fire and flame.” Maria was from Saloniki and had a Mediterranean […]
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