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Aunt Alice’s Linzer Cookies
Aunt Alice’s Linzer Cookies will melt your heart! These gorgeous cut out cookies with their red centers and clouds of Confectioner’s sugar are just the beginning! They are light, buttery, and full of almond flavor. These are beaut[…]-READ-MORE>
Sweet and Nutty Charoset
Our sweet, crunchy mixture of fruit, nuts, wine, and spices make our sweet and nutty charoset a taste you’ll recall from childhood. It’s so good, you’ll eat it by the spoonful.
The Backstory:Â Hosting a Passover Seder can be over[…]-READ-MORE>
Oven Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary and Garlic
The Backstory: This simple Oven Roasted Potatoes side dish can be made with a variety of seasonings. Whatever suits your taste. But my taste for these spuds is usually rosemary and garlic. Somehow rosemary with it’s  “woodsy” ar[…]-READ-MORE>
Chicken with Apricots and Carrots
Chicken with apricots and carrots is a comforting one-pot dish that’s perfect for company, holidays, or Shabbat dinner.
The Backstory:Â I recently celebrated Rosh Hashanah 2016 with family and friends at my daughter and my son-[…]-READ-MORE>
Rosh Hashanah Honey Cake
Our Rosh Hashanah honey cake is sweet and moist with a touch of whiskey for incredible depth of flavor. This is the perfect ending to your holiday meal.
The Backstory:Â Sponge cake usually surpasses honey cake in popularity as […]-READ-MORE>
Quick Tomato Soup
Quick Tomato Soup is delicious, savory, sweet and the perfect compliment to grilled cheese sandwiches on a cold day!
The Backstory:Â I love tomato soup but I’m a self-confessed tomato soup snob. I admit it. I have fussed and fu[…]-READ-MORE>
Pomme Gold Leaf Candy Dish
Our Pomme (“apple” in French) gold leaf candy dish is a fun and festive way to display sweet treats or nuts for the holidays or any time you entertain. The apple motif makes it a wonderful piece to use (or give as a hostess gift) […]-READ-MORE>
Nutty Cream Cheese Balls
Nutty cream cheese balls are a decadent, make-ahead party app that’s creamy, crunchy, and perfect every time.
Backstory:Â This fast and easy recipe is another one that I borrowed from a friend. If any of my friends are reading […]-READ-MORE>
Sweet Potato Balls
The Backstory: Whenever I make this side dish, I am reminded of the Jewish holidays. In the early years of my life, my mom always had sweet potatoes as a side dish for every special occasion. Truth be told, the sweet potatoes mo[…]-READ-MORE>
Borscht
The Backstory:Â I vividly remember my mother preparing Borscht. Â But instead of serving this as a soup, she served it to my dad in a glass. My mom did not make this from scratch. Â She usually had a cold bottle of store-brought b[…]-READ-MORE>
Apple Potato Latke Shortcut
Sometimes there’s no time for homemade latkes. Not to worry. Our Apple Potato Latke Shortcut serves up perfect latkes that taste just like the real thing in half the time!
The Backstory:Â I literally live for Shabbat and someti[…]-READ-MORE>
Kosher Lamb Stew
Kosher lamb stew is a flavorful one-pot wonder with fork-tender meat and veggies bathing in savory sauce. Just add fresh challah for dipping!
The Backstory:Â This is another comfort, one-pot meal. Â I remember my mom making thi[…]-READ-MORE>
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