Blintzes, Cupcakes and Pasta — Oh My!
Kelly Hartog
April 14, 2005
Back in the day, Passover meant meat, matzah and potatoes for eight days of the Passover.
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Celebrations/Simchas
‘Food Maven’ Saves Endangered Recipes
Judy Bart Kancigor
April 14, 2005
When the El-Ghriba synagogue in Tunisia was bombed by Al Qaeda in 2002, the fragile remnant of a once thriving Jewish community was even further shattered.
Roll It, Pat It and Mark It With a ‘B’
Gabriella Gershenson
April 7, 2005
For the birthdays of each of her grandchildren, Babulinka used to bake a krendel, a traditional Latvian cake in the shape of a B. The classic shape was really a figure eight; it just looked like a B to Babulinka\’s youngest grandchild, and so it became \”the B cake.\”
The cake isn\’t what most children might imagine for a birthday cake. After all, it has no frosting, no layers, and no candles. Krendel (pronounced kryen-dzel) is low and yeasty with a streusel topping, more like coffee cake or a babka.
Make Menu Shine With Splash of Wine
Judy Zeidler
March 17, 2005
Purim is always a special celebration for the children — they dress up in costumes, sing and dance. The grown-ups have their rewards, too, because it is the only holiday when everyone is encouraged to drink a generous amount of wine.
Give Teen Party a Pizza Makeover
Beverly Levitt
January 13, 2005
Unlike the bar and bat mitzvah parties of my youth, which were often like pint-sized weddings, where barely a dozen preteen friends and a smattering of cousins ate grown-up food, mingled, and danced awkwardly among a sea of elders
Getting Married? Get ‘Creative’
Sonja Hyams
December 9, 2004
\”The Creative Jewish Wedding Book\” by Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer helps couples tap into their creativity and design the wedding that really suits them. Kaplan-Mayer inspires readers to honor their own comfort level of style, taste, emotional and financial resources and Jewish observance.
Welcome to Our Wedding!
Joan G Friedman
December 9, 2004
A very nice added attraction to your ceremony is the wedding booklet. This is a personal supplement to your wedding that the ushers will give to each guest as they are taken to their seats. The bride usually chooses a white or ecru linen material with black ink.
The cover states \”The Wedding of … \” and usually has both the English and the Hebrew dates. We recommend art of flowers and we added the quote \”Ani L\’Dodi V\’Dodi Li\” — \”I am my beloved\’s and my beloved is mine.\”
Fritter Away Your Time for Chanukah
Judy Zeidler
December 2, 2004
We just returned from a trip to Italy, concentrating on the provinces of Puglia and Campania close to Naples. It is a region that we enjoy because of the diversity of the foods and wines available.
Applesauce Warms Holiday Celebration
Lisa J. Solomon
December 2, 2004
On the day preceding the first night of Chanukah, I was too tired to make yet another trip to the grocery store for latke fixings, so we had warm bowls of soup, lit the Chanukah candles, and without much fanfare, my daughter opened her first present. But on the second day, I re-entered my kitchen and found one box of instant latke mix and a refrigerator drawer full of apples.
Ex-Communist ‘Burb Makes Menorahs
Carolyn Slutsky
December 2, 2004
All the menorahs made at the factory have seven branches, a departure from the nine-armed versions most American Jews light to celebrate Chanukah.
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