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Winning the Great Sponge Cake Battle

Judy Bart Kancigor April 21, 2005

It\’s that time again. With Pesach here, it\’s time for my annual wrestling match with my nemesis, the dreaded sponge cake.

New ‘Design’ Adds Flair to the Holidays

Julie Gruenbaum Fax April 21, 2005

With flavorful and fun recipes that use ingredients and combinations far from what used to be considered traditional Jewish cooking — think Juniper Berry and Peppercorn Crusted Skirt Steak with Spiced Onions — this book can add flare to a tired repertoire for both connoisseurs and amateurs.

Make Your Seder an Affair to Remember

Felisa Billet April 21, 2005

By using your imagination and listening to the tried-and-true advice of the experts, you can create a stylish and sophisticated Passover seder that will have your guests wishing for another invitation next year.

Prices Too Low to Be Kosher

Stanley David April 21, 2005

It happens every year, said Daryl Schwarz — who opened this 100 percent-kosher market in 1989 — only lately it\’s been getting worse. Large supermarket and discount chains are able to undersell kosher specialty markets on the very products that, traditionally, have been the Jewish stores\’ lifeblood.

7 Days In Arts

Keren Engelberg March 18, 2004

Make a play date today or tomorrow. The Celebrity Staged Play Reading Series performance of \”Talley\’s Folley\” presents husband-and-wife team Alan Blumenfeld and Katherine James reprising their roles in last month\’s Pasadena Playhouse production.

Snooze-Proof Seder

Andrea Adelson April 3, 2003

Guests at one of Heidi Kahn\’s Passover potlucks stepped into a desert oasis. That year, her Irvine tract home was transformed with a Bedouin makeover achieved by suspending a tent inside. Another year, guests, who always contribute to the feast, were also asked to bring household goods and were put to work assembling care packages for Jews trying to flee the former Soviet Union.

Typically, the amphibian plague, one of many inflicted on ancient Egypt in the biblical story of Exodus, gets a star turn at Kahn\’s seder. Plastic frogs croak unexpectedly at arriving guests, who can fold origami frogs while waiting for latecomers. Some guests even don frog masks.

\”When you\’ve sat through a lifetime of tedious seders and create your own tedious seders, and then go to Heidi\’s place and play, no seder will ever compare,\” said friend and past guest, Gail Shendelman, of Irvine. \”I\’m spoiled for life.\”

Cherishing Passover

Marisa N. Pickar April 3, 2003

One of the purposes of the Passover seder is to teach our children the story of how the Jewish people came to be. Passover is a history lesson taught not by impersonal teachers in a sterile classroom, but by our families seated around the dining room table. When done correctly, the Passover seder should instill a sense of pride. Because with knowing who we are, we should feel proud to be Jews.

Passover commemorates the departure of the Jewish people from Egypt some 3,000 years ago and marks the birth of a nation. This is as much a celebration of our spiritual freedom as it is a jubilation of our physical liberation from slavery.

The Last Seder

Florencia Arbiser March 21, 2002

For the past six years, a group of close friends in Buenos Aires have shared the second Passover seder together, along with their wives and children. But this year\’s will be their last.

The Miracle of Charity

Rabbi Yakov Vann March 7, 2002

As we exit Purim and enter into Passover, we find ourselves in the season of redemption. In the words of the Talmud, we are ben geulah ligeulah (between redemptions).

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