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I grew up in a home where no food was wasted. Even the smallest dribs and drabs of leftovers from dinner was put back into the fridge to reappear at a meal later in the week. In fact, the only night we didn’t have leftovers of some sort was Shabbat. Even vegetable peels and scraps [...]
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Welcome to my new site! I finally decided that it was time to make the leap from blogger to wordpress and decided to to a major redesign in the process. A million thanks to Barbara from Kinetic Webs for all her design and programming help. If you were following my blog using an rss feed [...]
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If you asked someone to name a word association with marshmallows elegant probably would not be the word to come to mind. Maybe campfires or s’mores. Or rice crispy treats. Or the chubby bunny game at summer camp (although no longer allowed, I understand, due to safety issues). In most cases marshmallows are pure fun, [...]
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One of the most traditional foods for Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is apples dipped in honey. Sure no holiday meal would be complete without sweet round challah, but the flavor that most epitomizes this holiday season for many people is the combination of apples and honey. This year I decided to play with [...]
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One thing that never seems to be lack on Passover is candy. Synagogue schools sell it as a fundraiser, and otherwise health conscious people somehow seem to decide that at least a box of candy per person is a necessary staple to make it through the holiday. As a kid I eagerly looked forward to [...]
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My number one recipient of Christmas candy is my college roommate. It is her tastes I consider when planning the candy to make each year. She knits amazing things for us and I send her sweets. I know I have the better end of the deal, but I do what I can. When I came across a recipe [...]
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I recently acquired a new cook book (and by acquired, I mean somehow I clicked the button the placed it in my Amazon cart. It is amazing how often that happens with cookbooks, I just can’t explain it). I am in love. It is an entire book dedicated to marshmallows. Now I happen to be [...]
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Every once and a while everyone needs a night off. Sure, there are plenty of evenings where time piddles away and at bedtime I realize that I haven’t accomplished anything I set out to accomplish. But an evening of piddling doesn’t have the same relaxing effect as making a clear statement from the beginning that it is an [...]
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Last year, while perusing the retro candy section at Dylan’s Candy Bar, my husband stumbled upon his favorite childhood candy. The Chick-o-Stick. As I nostalgically looked at the wax bottles filled with sweet colored liquid, the wax lips, and the candy buttons on the paper ribbon, resisting buying them because I knew they would only disappoint, he confidently [...]
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