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Marbled Tahini Hamantaschen
Hi! I know it’s been a while. I’m writing from Israel. I moved here in October and am still settling into my life here- juggling school, a new language, new responsibilities and freelance work. It’s a lot. It’s good. It’s hectic. OK, yalla, let’s skip the pleasantries and talk Purim. Purim was my favorite holiday…
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Shwarma Chicken Kebabs
When you think of kebabs, you might think of veggie-laden skewers with dry cubes of chicken- in other words, not the most exciting offering at the cookout. But there’s a lot more to kebabs- which are generally defined as small cubes of skewered meat cooked over fire- than you might think. In fact, roasting meat…
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Chickpea Hawaij Confit
Anyway, here we are. You’ve read the news. You don’t need me to tell you anything. You don’t need me to talk about “the new normal”. God, I hate that phrase. You don’t need me to ask how you’ve been doing. Someone’s asked already, everyone has. I know. You’ve made banana bread. You’re thinking about tackling sourdough.…
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Quarantine Buns
I couldn’t think of a title for these. Chocolate buns? Iced buns? These-aren’t-what-they-were-supposed-to-be buns? Because these weren’t supposed to be chocolate buns. They were going to be cinnamon buns, right up until I rolled out the dough, went to make the filling and realized I was out of both brown sugar and cream cheese. On…
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Concord Grape, Cornmeal and Einkorn Cake
Hello! It’s been ages, how are you all? The last time I posted, way back here in April, I was just taking off to Thailand for what was supposed to be a month long trip. Well, I missed my flight home (by accident- I promise!) and ended up staying in Asia for a total of…
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Herby Quinoa with Roasted Carrots, Pomegranate, and Pistachios + A Passover Guide
It’s easy to view Passover as a burden. With grains, rice, and even seeds and legumes completely verboten*, the restrictions can feel overwhelming and the options few. But instead of viewing the eight day holiday with dread of deprivation, I view it as a time to rediscover basics. To pare back, to simplify and to…
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Salted Tahini Rye Brownies
I went to Peru for a month with my friends! It was magical. Beautiful. Cold. Hot. Challenging, scary at times, exhilarating always. I lived out of a backpack. I had three dresses, one pair of boots, a sweater, socks and leggings. And for food: tuna, cans of sardines, boxes of granola bars and bags of…
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Orange Blossom Quince Tarte Tatin
a lesson from quince and all the other ugly fruit (the ones we skip in favor of dusty concords and burning apricots and the plums with verdant green interiors) a lesson to never judge a book by its cover- a fruit by its peel-? both. and, i never do- judge books by their cover. in…
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Chocolate and Honey Fig Cake
My grandparents have a fig tree near their garden in Switzerland. It is large, impassive to the treasures it holds, entrancing. Its leaves, elegant and waving green, shade little purple parcels of fig. It takes a measure of patience to watch the fruit ripen. When it does, it is perfect: floral, woodsy, dusk-colored and heady.…
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Roasted Stone Fruit Sorbet
This was not going to be a post about sorbet. This post was going to contain cake, or a salad, or some sort of fritter with corn and summer squash. But then I had all this stone fruit. A little past prime, a little soft around the edges. And, well, suddenly I had visions of…
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