Author Archives: Tali Simon

Almond-crusted gvina tsfatit croutons (Plus: May Kosher Connection linkup!)

By | May 20, 2013

Let me tell you a couple of things about gvina tsfatit croutons. One: They do not work when grilled alone in a dry skillet. They’ll just melt into little cheese puddles. Two: They do not work when coated in egg and crushed nuts, then browned in oil. You will just find yourself assaulted by millions [...]

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Menu Plan: Week of May 19, 2013

By | May 19, 2013

Guess who got sick on Shavuos for the third year in a row? Ding-ding-ding. Guess who spent the entirety of erev chag in bed, and never made her husband’s birthday cake (or the French onion soup, or the homemade bagels, or about 12 other dishes)? Right again. I don’t know what it is with me [...]

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{Reader survey} Your feedback wanted!

By | May 16, 2013

This blog is truly a labor of love, but when something requires this much time, energy, and effort, reader feedback becomes really important. After all, if I was only writing this for myself, I’d have stopped long ago. I want to know what you think! If you’ll take a few minutes to complete this survey, [...]

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Menu Plan (yep, including Shavuos): Week of May 12, 2013

By | May 11, 2013

T minus two days until Shavuos! This is going to be my first real Shavuos in three years, so I’m way overdue for a good one. The first spring we were married, I woke up sick on erev chag and didn’t cook a thing; last year, I was in the middle of a rather miserable [...]

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