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Lemon Meringue Pie
The fact that January requires dessert is undisputed; anyone will tell you that a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine winter go down. But when it comes to what type of dessert to be had, there’s dissent: some call for chocolate, some demand the fire of booze, and still others want cozy, spicy treats that will…
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Everyday Chocolate Cake
What’s an everyday chocolate cake? I’ll tell you. It’s the sort of cake you reach for when there’s snow outside, when the work’s piling up and the night is too dark. It’s the sort of cake that meshes with the mundane, lying low in its simplicity and making up for it in taste. It’s the…
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The January Doldrums
The months have a feel to me, each one as unique and different as the next. March is fresh with cold, but also with the promise of spring. October is like cinnamon, and full of cold air, crunchy leaves, and shedding trees. December feels warm and exciting; the anticipation of snow is still great. Then…
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Mount Snow
For the last couple of days of Chanukah, my family and our friends went skiing in Vermont. The skiing is amazing (although I’m still just a beginner) but I also really love the surroundings here: sternly towering pine trees, wide-open fields of powdery white snow, and quietly rustic lodges are all abundant in Vermont, and appeal…
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Classic, Crispy Potato Latkes
Happy Chanukah everyone! Today, I’m sharing a recipe for classic potato latkes. These are the latkes my mom made when I was growing up and they’re the latkes I make for Chanukah today. When I was little, we’d sit at the kitchen table peeling pounds of potatoes while singing Chanukah songs together. Today, I’ll sometimes…
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Six Impossible Things
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” – White Queen, Alice in Wonderland. Six impossibly awesome things. ∞ How delicious does this tea sound?! It’s like dessert, in tea form. ∞ ∞ Missing Zurich’s trees and beautiful buildings ∞ ∞ My favorite chocolate chip cookies, just before being baked. Recipe coming soon! ∞…
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Salted Caramel Doughnuts
*In anticipation of Chanukah, (which starts on December 16th and lasts ’till the 24th!) I’ll be posting festive and holiday-worthy recipes all month long, starting with this recipe for doughnuts. Doughnuts! Is everyone else as obsessed with doughnuts as I am? And no, I’m not talking cake donuts (which are a doughnut’s seemingly virtuous yet incomparable counterpart). I…
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Spiced S’more Tart
In the summer, we made s’mores. We were inventive- if there was no blazing campfire around, we’d use the flames from the stove. Another time, me and a friend made peanut butter s’more cookies late at night and ate them hot, while we sat outside in the warm night air. While we were reminiscing about…
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It’s A Small World
Israel has a culture that’s warm, inviting and unlike any other I’ve ever experienced. While people in some countries tend to be more reserved and less inclined to hosting tourists, Israelis are bubbly, loud and more than happy to show you around, tell you where to grab a bite to eat, or engage you in…
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I Believe in Wanderlust
I don’t think life is meant to be lived under one roof, in one country. I think it is meant to be experienced, to be relished, in far-off places and in little corners, with firsthand experiences of colorful cultures, and traditions far different from your own. I think life is meant to be an adventure,…
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