Jessie Leiken
By Jessie Leiken
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Food Baked by Yael Brings Bagels, Rugelach to D.C.
Yael Krigman arrived at our interview with a bag of frozen chocolate rugelach in hand. Well, almost frozen. “People are always asking me if my products freeze well,” she explained. “I figured I should find out.” This sort of diligence is the norm for Krigman, 30, who started Baked by Yael, which specializes in bagels…
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Food Shabbat Meals: Cooking Vietnamese Lemongrass Cod for my Parents
I had already been living in New Haven for close to five months when my parents came to visit for the first time. Whenever I cooked in the enormous, sunflower-yellow Le Creuset Dutch oven they sent as a housewarming gift or wondered where to hang a piece of art, their absence from my new home…
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