This recipe is adapted from https://juliasalbum.com/spinach-mushroom-orzo/ I made a new dish tonight (April 24, 2025) for going to Randi’s house with Ezra in mind. It really seemed like it would be delicious. Benji tried it before I left for Randi’s and he said he wanted me to make it for him, exactly the same, but […]

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I made Aunt Florence’s Apple Crumb Coffee Cake for Erev Yom Kippur at Marcia’s house (2024). Ezra loved it! He said it might be his favorite cake. He said, “It has 2 of my favorite things together, apples and coffee cake!” Grease well the bottom and sides of a 7 1/2 by 10 in. pyrex […]

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I made this on April 3, 2025 after hearing that Ezra had gotten this dish at Theresa’s in Princeton and had liked it. Tonight, Ezra loved it, Dan loved it, Randi loved it, and I loved it. Randi and Ezra both said it was better than Theresa’s!!!! Today is April 16, 2025, and I just […]

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I got a free Empire 7 pound chicken from ShopRite, so for Passover meal on April 13, 2025, I decided to make it in addition to my brisket. It came out beautiful! Put about 2 T light olive oil (or sunflower) in a small bowl. Add 1 t. paprika, 1 t. kosher salt, 1/2 t. […]

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Buttermilk Biscuit recipe:  2 cups Hecker’s Unbleached Flour ½ cup cake flour 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 or 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar 1 teaspoon kosher salt 9 tablespoons salted butter, chilled and cubed 1 cup buttermilk, chilled Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Put a sheet of parchment paper on a […]

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Marcia made her coleslaw and I loved it. I got her recipe, and I added the dill and the celery seed. This coleslaw is so delicious! I made it for Passover dinner 2025, and Leah said, “I don’t even like coleslaw, and I love yours!” Benji loved it, and Mike ate a few portions of […]

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It’s April 14, 2025, and yesterday Mike and Leah, Joe, Randi and Dan and the kids, and Danny and Benji and me had Passover dinner here. We started with the homemade chicken soup and matzoh balls, and this was my best batch ever. Here’s what I did. 3 packages of Trader Joe’s organic cut up […]

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2 jars All Whitefish Manischewitz Gefilte Fish with Golds Horseradish and Beets homemade chicken soup with matzoh balls (3 packets or 1 1/2 boxes of Streit’s Matzoh Ball Mix) and served with Manischewitz Mandolen vegetable soup broth with matzoh balls for Ezra and Hannah homemade coleslaw homemade cranberry sauce with walnuts and pineapple whole roasted […]

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Make dressing: in a measuring cup, pour ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil. Add 2 T red wine vinegar and 3 T fresh lemon juice, 1 grated garlic clove, ½ teasp kosher salt, lots of ground black pepper and about ½ t crushed red pepper flakes. Blend with whisk. Rinse and drain 1 can chickpeas. […]

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Over the years, whenever I went to my Aunt Florence’s house for

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