When things come in groups, especially ingredients, I often find that using just one component of the group leaves the others a little dejected.  So while, yes, this does fall under the category of personification of ingredients and the occasional normal chat—or two—one may have with their foodstuffs, I’d like to submit that it’s really [...]

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I really have to apologize.  I’m really, truly, sorry.  So sorry, it’s embarrassing.  You see, I’ve let you down.  I heralded this Babka recipe as the best, the ultimate, the be-all and end-all of the best babushka-made Jewish food product.  But I was wrong, so very, very wrong. Don’t worry though, this Babka recipe, right [...]

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I’ll give one thing to the Midwest—fall’s a pretty good thing.  You know, the piles of red-gold leaves, everything changing colors and shifting towards warm, earthy tones, that clear, crisp fall air.  It’s really all true, these things you hear.  Now, I’m not admitting to a total conversion, but, but, if for some reason—say college—you [...]

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By some strange coincidence, all of my cousins are Jewish while my grandparents and my immediate family remain in some state of religious denial with exceptions, of course, for all the festivities and foods.  We’ve had parsnip latkes for Christmas, sugar candies for Boys and Girls days, challah braiding lessons, matzo ball soup making, and [...]