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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This past Sunday I took the kids to the farmers market for the first time in months. This being California the farmers markets are open year round, but the baby growing in my belly has left me exhausted. It takes quite a bit of energy to navigate the farmers market with two small children, so it’s [...]
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My husband is currently on a trip in Israel. Talking to him everyday about all the things he is seeing and experiencing has meant that Israel is very much on all of our minds (especially my older son who keeps reminding my husband that next time he wants to go too). With Yom Haatzmaut, Israel’s [...]
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Almond paste is one of my favorite things. I love the sweet almond flavor and use it in as many things as I can. It can get expensive to buy the tiny cans of almond paste they sell in the store so I buy the huge industrial sized can and keep the almond paste in [...]
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Earlier this summer we took our kids to Israel for the first time. We all had a great time and it was wonderful to experience Israel through the eyes of our children. Part of what we were the most excited about in planning the trip was the opportunity to introduce our kids to some of [...]
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I have to admit that I still have quite a bit of skepticism when it comes to gluten-free baked goods. That is not to say that I have never had great gluten-free desserts, but they tend to be things that aren’t supposed to have gluten in them in the first place, like marshmallows, ice cream [...]
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Until recently I never really understood meringues. The ones I had encountered just tasted sweet and crunchy without a lot of flavor. Why would I choose that when there was a perfectly good chocolate chip cookie sitting next to it on the cookie platter? It is the obvious choice for Passover but I have never [...]
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