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“Measure with love”. A saying I learned from my son David’s student when I was invited to join them today for a cheesecake baking session. I was thrilled to join in, and delighted to watch high school students connect over a family recipe. The recipe is from South Africa, where the young woman’s parents, whose […]
My “Machatenista” described it as Coronavirus Kashrut, and she’s right. Without any consistent set of guidelines to follow, every individual has to come up with their own set of protocols that they feel comfortable with. For some, the recommendations that do exist are more easily bent, for me it’s a struggle. The conversations in my […]
My paternal family, the Grafs, had an appreciation and love of nature that they passed down to the next generation and, especially now, I am so grateful for that gift. The family came from Warka, Poland, and my father and his brothers often spoke of their childhood home which had fruit trees and a vegetable […]
Chag Sameach! Enjoy, Irene
Passover will be unlike anything that most of us have ever experienced before. This is what it looks like in my kitchen, so far. I am cleaning, but not with my usual zeal. I have a fair amount of kosher L’Pesach products, but this year I will be forgiving, and will use substitutions, within reason. […]
We’ve had a flurry of activity in our family. It started with Chanukkah, followed by my grandson Phin’s 2nd birthday, a family vacation, Norm’s birthday, and then my granddaughter Manya’s 4th birthday. That meant lots of cooking and baking. Not really being a “baker” (too scientific), I realized that if I was going to make […]
Remember the song Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer? Minus the beer, that’s how my childhood summers were spent. Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer Those days of soda and pretzels and beer Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer You’ll wish that summer could always be here My […]
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