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Recipes Mamaliga Porridge With Plum Compote
The ultimate Jewish breakfast porridge, Romanian mamaliga is served here with sour cream and a seasonal plum compote. Last spring, , I traveled around Romania with my friends Julie and Benjy. Julie was also pregnant, right around 6 months like I was, and we saw the trip as a last hurrah before life got different….
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Recipes How to Make Stuffed Grape Leaves
These treats offer both sweet and savory tastes, and smooth and crunchy textures. No gooey, gelatinous rice in these beauties. They are guaranteed to garner raves from your guests. For the Jewish history behind the grape, . Makes 36 6 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion, chopped fine 2/3 cup your choice of rice mixture (I…
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Recipes Country Rhubarb Wine
If you would like to try making the country wine you’ll first have to locate a supply of rhubarb, an old-fashioned fruit, really a vegetable, once common in the countryside in old gardens and farms. Through the month of June, you’ll find it in farmer’s markets. In the city, it’s available through July from green…
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Recipes Honey & Co.’s Chicken Pastilla
Serve this with a big plate of orange slices and arugula drizzled in lemon juice and olive oil, and with great pride. Honey & Co.’s Read a review of the “Honey & Co.” cookbook To serve 4 shameless or 6 polite guests 6 chicken thighs with skin and bones (about 1¾ pound) 2 ½ teaspoons…
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Recipes Honey & Co.’s Cherry, Pistachio and Coconut Cake
This was the first cake I made for the restaurant. We wanted something that would sit on the bar counter and just make people stare. It has been with us from the first day and I have a feeling it will stay there until the end. We do vary the fruit on top, so we…
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Recipes Beyond the Bagel — Kibbutz Breakfast
A simply delicious morning meal consisting of (clockwise from top) a corn and eggplant pashtida thick yogurt with olive oil and za’atar and a fresh chopped salad. The summer after I graduated college, I spent a month pruning grape vines on an organic vineyard in Tuscany. Tough life, I know. Each morning we volunteers would…
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Recipes Leah’s Corn and Eggplant Pashtida
A close cousin of the quiche (though often made without a crust), the pashtida is perfect morning fare. A jumble of eggs, dairy and vegetables, it pulls the best flavors of into a hearty main dish. Serves 4-6 ¼ cup vegetable oil (e.g. sunflower or safflower), plus more for pan 1 large sweet onion, finely…
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Recipes Leek-and-Onion Appetizer
Cut 3 large leeks and 2 Spanish onions into small pieces, and sauté in butter. Add 3 diced hard-boiled eggs, 6 tablespoons butter, 4 tablespoons bread crumbs, 3 diced scallions and [chopped fresh] dill. Add 2 raw eggs and some salt, mix well. Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a pot and add the leek mixture….
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