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It wasn’t Passover in our house until we had eaten my mother’s Chocolate Meringue cookies. When I was young we lived in Pittsburg California. There were only a handful of Jewish families, and the local market didn’t have Passover foods, so my mother came up with this recipe. I remember after Purim, my mom […]
I’ve had some requests to post what I plan to cook for the Seder. Though it always is a work in progress, and there may be lots of changes over the next few weeks, there are some standard dishes that we seem to have every year. Unlike the seders of my childhood where we were […]
Spring is here, Purim is over, and Passover is just weeks away. For the third year in a row, we are going back East to celebrate Passover with our children at the home of our older son and daughter-in-law, a home where we have always felt welcomed and included, to a seder that is open […]
Our Mishloah Manot arrived on the East Coast today, and though it may be too late to share this recipe in time for your mishloah manot, I promise that these cookies are worth making any time, even after Purim! Preparations began last Sunday morning with a trip to Trader Joe’s to stock up on baking […]
‘ Letters would arrive from France, Poland, and Israel, my father carefully removing the stamps before tossing the envelopes. Once in a while, no more than once or twice a year, a package would arrive as well. It was always the same, a cardboard box wrapped in brown paper tied with a rope. It was […]
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