Shavout, coming seven weeks after Passover, is the holiday that celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. It starts tonight and I have spent the last few days cooking up a storm. It is traditional to eat dairy meals on Shavout so it is nice to be making different things than I usually [...]
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I always think a long weekend is the perfect excuse to take a little break from our everyday routines and do something extra fun as a family. We had wanted to go camping with some friends this weekend but by the time we tried to make a reservation all of the campgrounds within a two [...]
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I am not in complete denial. I do realize that it is already the middle of November and I should be posting recipes for all kinds of delicious fall treats made with warming spices. Or pumpkin. Or at least something in the pie family that would fit in nicely at a Thanksgiving feast. Yet here [...]
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In the fall I look forward to the eggnog appearing on the shelves at the grocery store. Even though I usually resist buying it until later in the winter it is comforting to see one of my favorite treats waiting there for me. In my family the tradition is to drink eggnog and eat fruitcake [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, late in the afternoon on a Friday, I asked my son what he thought we should make for dessert for shabbat. Without even pausing for a second he enthusiastically responded “ice cream.” Clearly he is my son, since ice cream is one of my favorite things to make and eat [...]
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As I look out the window and see more than 6 inches of snow and know that the brunt of the storm is yet to come might seem more appropriate to post about something like hot chocolate. Or warm rice pudding. But I love ice cream in any weather. I’ve even been known to eat [...]
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One of my favorite holiday treats is peppermint ice cream. Okay, I admit that it might be one of my favorite treats year round, but there is something about the limited edition peppermint ice cream appearing on the supermarket shelves that makes it feel like the holidays. The cooling taste of peppermint in a creamy [...]
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Sometimes great recipes come about by accident. I was experimenting with making cinnamon ice cream using a mimiccreme base and the custard turned out tasting very egg-y with almost no cinnamon flavor. Never one to throw out food that could be salvaged I threw in pinch of this and a few ounces of that. The [...]
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