Challah

I have been making this particular recipe for over 35 years, since my daughter Shira was in pre-school and Rosa, one of the Moms, shared it with me. I used to make challah fairly regularly when the kids were growing up, but then Norm started making it, and I pretty much stopped, other than for […]

Cinnamon Buns

Last week I dreamt about my Mom for the very first time since she passed away over a decade ago.  In my dream I was laying in bed and she was sitting on the edge looking down on me, reassuring me that “everything was going to be alright,” an expression that I don’t remember her using […]

Kreplach

Matzoh Balls are for Passover, Kreplach are for Rosh Hashana.  That’s our family tradition.  For those of you who spent part of today trying to get a head start on the holidays, here is what we prepared in our kitchen.  Chicken soup, two kinds of Challot and Kreplach. Kreplach Cooked soup chicken ( I used […]

Blueberry Buns (Bilkelach)

Blueberries are my favorite summer fruit.  I love the color, texture, the whimsical crown perched on top.  I mean who can resist a crown?  Plus all the memories associated with this small delicious berry that was plentiful on the East Coast.  As a child I picked blueberries in Lakewood, New Jersey,  and watched my Tante […]