Category Archives: Cooking

Challah

I have been baking Challah for many years. I have tried many recipes, kneaded by hand, used a kitchen aid, used a bread machine, etc. I have tried sweet recipes, more savory recipes, water Challah, fillings, toppings, etc. After years … Continue reading

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Community Supported Agriculture

As some may know from my past blogging, I love to cook and I often blogged about recipes and other items of culinary interest. This summer we decided to buy into a CSA. For those who have never heard of … Continue reading

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Marinated Grilled Chicken Breasts with Mango Peach Salsa

Wow that is a mouthful! But I hope that if you make this it will be a pleasant one. I am not good at naming things, so we’ll leave it at that. Marsha took out a big package of boneless … Continue reading

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Passover Seder

Four days and counting! Not a lot of time left, and a ton of things to do. I think we are probably either on schedule or just behind to get everything done. Of course that means more late nights coming … Continue reading

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Your Mother Should Know

How to make Gefilte Fish that is! I just had to throw in another Beatles title. If there ever was a dish that was quintessentially Jewish, Gefilte Fish is probably that dish, or at least in a very small list. … Continue reading

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Passover, the holiday of eating

It’s a week before Passover and everything is beginning to come together. The house is being cleaned and by tonight our oven (and half of our kitchen) will be kosher for Passover and read for cooking. Tonight’s job is to … Continue reading

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Passover Conundrum

Alright, maybe not a real conundrum, but after a post about the more well known (and controversial ) topic of Kitniyot, I wanted to talk about something a little less well known outside of Orthodox circles. But first, I want … Continue reading

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Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

I’ve been waiting for ages to use that song title in my blog! The title itself has nothing to do with my blog, but the song is about a circus, and Purim is like a circus of sorts. Purim begins … Continue reading

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A Taste of Honey

I know that I said a few days ago that I would post some Passover menus and recipes. With everything that has been going on with Avi, I have not had the time, or for much of the time the … Continue reading

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What You’re Doing

Just a quick update on what we are doing in terms of our Passover Prep. We cleaned a lot in the kitchen today and brought a lot from the upstairs fridge to the downstairs one. Our pantry is almost bare … Continue reading

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