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This will make my brother wish he lived closer

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It’s raining for the second Sunday in a row which makes me happy. Angus is in his favorite spot and I’m in mine: the kitchen… I’ve been asked to teach a class making macaroons (not to be confused with macarones…)  … Continue reading

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Thumbs up from the housemate!

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Based on (but radically changed from) a recipe in Eating Well this month… “What’s in the house?” and “I feel like comfort food” conspired on this and it will reappear in other iterations I’m sure.  This could be easily scaled … Continue reading

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NOT because of St. Patrick’s Day

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My mother once accidentally made a ham for Passover. Yeah, really… it was on sale because Passover and Easter were the same week. I’m making a corned beef today because it’s on sale. In fact the corned beef cost less … Continue reading

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Beet Salad

Southern California sure feels like spring. Other than a couple of pretty cold weeks in December I’m not sure it really felt like winter this year. Yesterday Samantha and I picked the last of the oranges so that the abundant … Continue reading

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Don’t say “ew” and “yuck” until you taste them…

I’m on a cookbook committee for the LA section of the National Council of Jewish Women, and a couple of the recipes struck us all as so odd that someone needed to cook them to know whether we wanted to … Continue reading

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