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Hannah Kaminsky: Vegan Desserts
You will all love Hannah Kaminsky's luscious new Vegan Dessert Book: The girl can not only bake, she can also take fabulous pix, as you can plainly see above. I had the pleasure of working with her when she did the food styling for the…


Have Tea Mug, Will Travel!
Recently I bought myself a great overnight bag, and decided my spiffy and capacious new purchase would be the bag to end all bags: I would give away all others, but I decided to check into all the pockets first, to make sure nothing valuable…

Our Passover Vacation: Honeymoon at the Fairmont Scottsdale
Lynda and I at a Wild West BBQ at the Fairmont
In nearly thirty five years we have been married (that's right, my marriage predates my electronic Facebook marriage announcement by about thirty-three years, but thank you all anyway for your…

Truffle Oil: The Dark Side of Labeling
This bottle of "Truffle Oil" was part of a gorgeous Mishloach Manot/birthday present basket I received from my daughter Bella. Reading the ingredient list created an uproar among my guests. Not a single drop of truffle oil. Intrigued, I looked…
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Tiramisu Recipe. Dairy-Free or Dairy
Tiramisu
That’s affectionate Italian for “pick-me-up”
That's probably because tiramisu puts together three of our favorite intense robust flavors: rum, chocolate and coffee (please don’t try to substitute anything else for any…

Carrot Cake: Our Award Winning Recipe
Carrot Cake: Our Award Winning Recipe!
Me, my sister Lea and my husband Maurice. Circa 1979, selling our famous carrot cake at a Central Park Fair. We sliced until we dropped.
Our Post-Woodstock Pre-Chassidic days. You like? I remember…

Blueberry Scones Recipe
Blueberry scones and all scones are wonderful!
Whipped up in minutes and full of flavor. I make them with spelt, my grain of choice for baking absolutely everything, but you will find them totally adaptable to Gluten-Free. You will easily find…

Polenta Casserole Au Gratin Recipe
For this polenta casserole and all other polenta dishes:
Please ignore those insipid cooked polenta rolls you find in the supermarket:
Making the polenta base takes minutes, and is the bulk of the work for this delicious dish, which will…

Herb-Roasted Trout in Grape Leaves Recipe
Herb-Roasted Trout in Grape Leaves
Grape leaves are delightful, not only for stuffing but for wrapping fish or chicken, leaving you with a moist and fragrant dish. This dish is overlaid with my favorite Moroccan flavors. I love to serve this…
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Favorite Shavuot Dishes
Cream of watercress
Mushroom-stuffed tilapia rolls
Polenta casserole au gratin
Endive, walnut and apple salad
Tiramisu

Yom Haatzmaut Israeli Feast
Yemenite Halbah meat soup
Zaatar-rubbed flat bread
Stuffed artichoke bottoms with lemon sauce
Easy un-stuffed cabbage
Israeli salad with tehina
Mahlab