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We are standing in the kitchen together again, as we have for more than 50 years, but this time we weren’t in her kitchen. The location doesn’t seem to matter, we have an easy rhythm that two people share when they are just happy to be together. Like a duet, effortless, even though we hadn’t […]
I had forgotten how beautiful Spring is on the East Coast. Tulips and Daffodils are everywhere, poking their heads through even the most unwelcoming strips of land, and Golden Forsythia, White Dogwood, and Pink Redbud are all in full bloom. After having spent hours in the kitchen preparing for Seder, the next day was sunny […]
There are several important people in my life who turned 60 this year but next Saturday night we are celebrating Norm’s 60th. The kids are coming in, friends are coming over, and together we will light both Chanukkah candles and birthday candles. Norm wanted a party, a big party, surrounded by the people he loves. […]
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 […]
Tonight is Tisha B’Av, a fast day. Admittedly it is a day that I struggle with, but not my husband Norm. He will be home any minute and will want to eat and run off to shul. That meant preparing a light and easy meal. Fish is something that I enjoy on occasion but certainly […]
I was 16 years old, it was my first trip away from home, and I was going abroad. Although my parents had never been to Israel, they decided to send me on a summer program. I was nervous and excited and had no idea what to expect. I didn’t know anybody else in my group […]
Mother’s Day may feel like a Hallmark holiday but it does force us to stop whatever we are doing for a minute, an hour, or a day, and think about our mothers or our role as mothers. My mother was a petite, olive-skinned woman with medium brown hair and the deepest set blue-grey eyes I […]
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