Posts Tagged “pumpkin”

The Kosher Baker: Pumpkin cake

By | April 12, 2013

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This is #3 in a series of recipes that I’m testing and sharing from Paula Shoyer’s cookbook on pareve baking, The Kosher Baker. I was provided with a review copy of the book, but my opinions are my own. You can learn more about Paula’s work at In Paula’s Kitchen.  Previously from The Kosher Baker: chocolate candy hamentaschen and chocolate [...]

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Kitchen Tips: How to make pumpkin puree

By | April 9, 2013

Most people I know don’t buy pumpkin regularly. I get that — it’s not milk, it’s not potatoes, and it’s not pasta. But pumpkin is one of those ingredients that gets a high mark for versatility. It’s wonderful in dips, sauces, soups, drinks, and baked goods. I know you can buy it in a can [...]

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Soup with the Simons: Pumpkin, white bean & lentil

By | February 5, 2013

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As of this writing, I have exactly 100 recipes bookmarked. Whoops, just typed “cookmarked” by accident — though that’s more accurate, anyway. Do people bookmark things other than recipes? With me, it’s either recipes or food photography tutorials. Are there even other things in existence to bookmark? Not sure. Anyway, the problem with having that [...]

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Pumpkies (pumpkin chocolate chip bars)

By | November 27, 2012

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This recipe and story first appeared in the Nov. 19, 2012 edition of “From Tali’s Kitchen,” my biweekly cooking column in Binah magazine. I have exactly one memory of baking cookies with my mother, and it’s from my teenage years. We did lots of other things together – leisurely mother-daughter shopping trips, scrapbooking workshops – [...]

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