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go big or go (to someone else’s) home?

March 18, 2013

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Kreplach hit the fan a few Passovers ago. Because ceiling fans are ugly and because triangular noodles filled with chopped meat are a no-go when it comes to keeping kosher for Passover, no, nothing actually hit the fan, but I…

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pounded into submission

January 22, 2013

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I can’t be alone in this. Tonight was to be pork chops smothered with spiced apples, served over bacon-laced grits.
When a recipe calls for pork, say, to be pounded into half-inch cutlets, I’m incapable of eyeballing it. I keep…

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thanksgiving menu planning

November 13, 2012

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Make-ahead. Do-ahead. I’m all about it this year, whatever I can do to make everything and anything in advance. I’m rolling out the pie dough (vodka in lieu of water!), pre-baking the casseroles, and even assembling the stuffing and dressings.…

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missed (food + friend) connections

November 4, 2012

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I long for connectedness, wanting to hold on to the people of whom I’ve let go. In a move, in growing up, across the country, across time, I think that’s what we do when we cook. We don’t only connect…

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what makes your “worth it” list?

August 1, 2011

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This list is an extension of an earlier post, where I promised to post such a list. So, here it is, my TOTALLY WORTH IT LIST (aka a list of things I’m glad I bought before marriage and babies, when…

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homemaker lust

May 17, 2011

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Love to love these plates for summer seafood entertaining + the night of 7 fishes
Nope. Not a post about the raunchy sex I’m not having. Lust now, and let’s face it always has, come in the form of purchases.…

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a sadomasochistic passover

April 15, 2011

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Since eating eggs on Easter is like feeding a chicken chicken, I’m thinking of serving rabbit at our Passover Seder. It’s very two-birds (one stone), only with fur in lieu of feathers.
Okay, not really. But I’ll tell everyone the…

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baby max’s sip & see

March 17, 2011

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Cheese Buffet

Apron Hostess Gifts…

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