Tag Archives: Peppering my life with Yiddish

Brisket and Lokshen Kugel (Noodle Pudding)

Apr

08

I am totally bummed not to have a picture of my noodle pudding to insert with the brisket mosaic. But I am also happy right now, because in working on my cookbook, I’ve finally figured out a way to balance … Continue reading →

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Yiddish + Kentucky = Kiddishky Comfort Food

Apr

04

For UK fans, the less said about Saturday night’s UK-UConn game the better (especially since, uh, I didn’t watch it, though I vicariously grieve because I love my husband and his family). Before the game, I made a feast that … Continue reading →

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You say “Mishloach Manot,” I say “Edible Quilting”

Mar

08

[Image courtesy of www.someecards.com] Welcome to the final article in my Purim Prep series. This is my favorite of the four articles, because it ends with a project that unites two of this blog’s passions: baking sweets and designing patchwork. … Continue reading →

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Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Deadline 2/6

Feb

01

I want to encourage unpublished and self-published novelists to join me in entering Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award contest. There are two categories, General Fiction and Young Adult Fiction. The deadline is Sunday, February 6 at midnight. The winner gets $15,000 … Continue reading →

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Christmas Cookies & Jewish Grandmothers: An Essay

Dec

16

For years I’ve been wanting to make some recipes from my late grandmother’s cranberry red recipe tin. Her name was Thelma Sobo Schotland Heller, and she and my grandfather raised my dad in Philip Roth’s Newark, New Jersey. Thelma’s maternal … Continue reading →

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Recipes: Mandelbrot and Hurry Up Butter Cookies

Dec

16

I think I can resist the urge to share all of the handwritten cookie recipes passed down to me by my paternal grandmother (Thelma Sobo Schotland Heller). Honestly, I bet many of them were only slightly adapted from The Joy … Continue reading →

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Update: Blogcast-Your-Health-Goal Challenge

Dec

06

For those of you who didn’t see the first post in this challenge, click here. I’m happy to report that I lost 1.6 lbs during this first week, despite a Hannukah detour on Friday and Saturday, when I ate a … Continue reading →

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