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Kosherfeast and Kosherfest 2015

Kosherfest 2015, and the Kosherfeast Dinner that kicked it off, were loads of fun. This year's Kosherfeast dinner was a meaningful Tikkun for the one which took place two years ago at the now-extinct J-Soho Restaurant (a mortifying debacle,…
my fat dad

My Fat Dad. Dawn Lerman. My Book Review

My Fat Dad: Inspiring Read Treat yourself and a dear friend to a copy today! Congrats to Dawn Lerman for her wonderful new book, My Fat Dad. Everything about My Fat Dad is delicious, poignant and irresistible: Dawn's frank and evocative style,…
seasonal Jewish Kitchen

The Seasonal Jewish Kitchen Cookbook. Amelia Saltsman. My Review

Amelia Saltsman's the Seasonal Jewish Kitchen, is nothing short of magnificent. Order Your Copy on Amazon Today! Well priced too! Heaven Help me I just fell in love with it! If there were (of course there were, often for good reason!) any…

Something Sweet Cookbook. Miriam Pascal. My Review

Something Sweet has just been published by Someone Sweet: Order Your Copy Today on Amazon!  Miriam Pascal, who runs the popular blog Overtime Cook. Kudos to Miriam for her first Cookbook, a beautiful dessert cookbook. You can see by a number…
Chalav Israel Cheeses
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BenZ Chalav Israel Cheeses. My Cheese Feast Recipes

silver platter cookbook

The Silver Platter Cookbook. Daniella Silver. My Review

The Silver Platter Cookbook. Congratulations to Daniella Silver on the publication of her Cookbook! Hard to believe the Silver Platter Cookbook is Daniella's first Cookbook, when you see how gorgeous the book looks, and how many valuable items…
mediterranean diet cookbook

The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook. Amy Riolo. My Review

The Ultimate Mediterranean Diet Cookbook. Congratulations to Amy Riolo for her beautiful New Book! With her radiant healthy good looks, Amy looks like a walking billboard for the subject she has devoted her book to. We grew up in Morocco,…
kosher food wine experience

Kosher Food Wine Experience 2015

Kosher Food Wine Experience   What a fabulous food extravaganza KFWE was, last night at the Metropolitan Pavilion! Oblivious to the fact that I was not a growing girl any more (unless you threw in width, not just length), I had been…
Haboydem

Haboydem: Hip Clothing, a Vision and a Mission

Haboydem: Enjoy the pictures! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.937171919668008.1073741873.213383695380171&type=1 Haboydem (whimsical Yiddish for "Attic") is a Second Hand Clothing Store, right around the corner from Kanyon Hadar,…
food processor
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Mastering the Food Processor. With Recipes

The food processor is the single kitchen appliance I couldn't live without. I honestly think I am not exaggerating when I say I caused a few thousand people to buy one. My mother loves to joke that I would never have gotten married if the food…
food labels
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Misleading Food Labels and The Food Industry

Food Labels They often look like the latest literary genre. I get into occasional tiffs about my undisguised contempt of many food labels put out daily by the food industry.  The gist of the blame aimed at me by a few readers is: if I…
gluten free baking

Decadent Vegan Gluten Free Baking. Cara Reed. Book Review

Gluten-Free Baking. AND Vegan! Bravo to Cara Reed for the recent publication of her book, Decadent Vegan Gluten Free Baking. I would feel much better starting with the kinks in the book, and get them out of the way, so we can move on to…