Archive For The “Pesach” Category

Pesach Sheini: Chocolate caramel matzah squares (aka matzah crack)

By | April 23, 2013

This one is for all you people who don’t eat gebrokts on Pesach. Because Pesach Sheini starts tonight! You have your second chance. It seems like everyone has a different name for this dessert. Chocolate caramel matzah squares, matzah toffee, matzah candy, matzah crack. I didn’t make up that last one, honest. Whatever you call [...]

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Pesach 2013: Post-mortem

By | April 2, 2013

This was our third Pesach, and in many ways, it was the easiest yet. Of course, Pesach is never easy — not unless you spend it in a hotel — but it went more smoothly than it did the first two times around. Practice makes perfect? Maybe one day. But check back with me next [...]

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Balsamic-roasted mushrooms

By | March 29, 2013

This recipe and story first appeared in the March 18, 2013 edition of “From Tali’s Kitchen,” my biweekly cooking column in Binah magazine. I was a year out of seminary when the first of my high school friends got engaged, and I quickly became acquainted with the exciting world of l’chaims, vorts, bridal showers, and [...]

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The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Vinegar slaw with cucumbers and dill

By | March 27, 2013

This is no. 2 in a series of recipes that I’ll be testing and sharing from Deb Perelman’s The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook. Deb’s ridiculously popular blog gets millions of page views every month, so if you somehow haven’t yet seen it…you should probably take a peek. Previously from The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook: Peas & shells alfredo [...]

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