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Sep 30, 2014

Anytime Chex Clusters

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I’m not sure if you recall, but way way back, before Passover and before Purim, I was talking about breakfast. Well, surprise, surprise, I haven’t quite finished!!!  The last thing I want to discuss on that topic is the matter of cereals. Regardless of which grocery store you choose to visit, the grocery aisle is HUGE. And I mean HUGE!! Not just in terms of the variety offered, but in the size of the boxes for sale, the dollars they represent to their manufacturers and… Read more >>

Apr 24, 2014

Cinn Buns 2014

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I, for one, enjoy Passover food. That being said, there is something exciting and enlivening about returning to “normal” cooking and eating after the holidays. But, taking a big breath, you might retort, what’s the big deal?  After all, you might speculate, it’s not as if I stopped eating bread or other items made with flour and then went back to consuming whole wheat or rye bread  and cakes made with flour. Don’t I actually, you might question, really eat Passover food all year long?… Read more >>

Apr 24, 2014

Cinnamon Buns 2014

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I, for one, enjoy Passover food. That being said, there is something exciting and enlivening about returning to “normal” cooking and eating after the holidays. But, taking a big breath, you might retort, what’s the big deal?  After all, you might speculate, it’s not as if I stopped eating bread or other items made with flour and then went back to consuming whole wheat or rye bread  and cakes made with flour. Don’t I actually, you might question, really eat Passover food all year long?… Read more >>

Apr 7, 2014

Passover 2014 #3

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A friend of mine who lives up in Canada and who is a master baker, often talks to me about how she loves to take the intimidation out of making pastry. Well, I feel the same way about making blintzes!!  For too long has the making of blintzes been considered a laborious chore, something that only your boubi can do since she has the time, the inclination, never mind the physical memory of  exactly what the perfect blintz should feel like. I will be the… Read more >>

Apr 3, 2014

Passover Made Easy, by Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek

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Leah Schapiro hot apple pie with cinnamon streusel ice cream
Originally published in 2013by Artscroll, Passover Made Easy is the first installment in Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek’s Made Easy Series. Since then, this dynamic duo have also published Kids Cooking Made Easy and Starters and Sides Made Easy.   Passover cooking can be a tricky thing. Not only is there the prohibition against flour and breadstuffs, but depending on your ancestry, this prohibition can extend to legumes and various grains. Ashkenazi Jews, on the whole, tend to refrain from eating chickpeas, green beans and… Read more >>
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