My Parents' WWII Correspondence
I have just completed reading my parents' World War II correspondence from 1943-1945 and thought it was time to share them through our...
Moroccan Meatballs from Tia Sarita
It’s the combination of Moroccan spices that makes this recipe so interesting. My Aunt Sarita uses two kinds of paprika here: Hungarian,...
Meyer Family Perfect Potato Latkes
What's a Jewish cooking blog without a recipe for latkes? This is my grandmother's and mother's recipe. Works perfectly! Meyer Family...
Grandma Anna’s Hungarian Beans
This has been an interesting process, thinking about family recipes. My mother’s parents were both college graduates. My grandmother...
Charoset from Greece
Celebrating Passover: A Grandmother's Tale I am standing at my white kitchen counter feeding sticky ingredients into a food mixer: clumps...
Ronnie Fein’s Grandma’s Challah
I have so many family recipes that I make over and over and have taught them to my children and grandchildren -- so many special ones,...
Nancy Weisberg’s (z”l) Amazing Noodle Kugel
I have long said that if I could eat only one thing for the rest of my life, I would choose my mother Nancy Weisberg’s (z”l) noodle...
Home again
I walked into the office today and everyone asked me about my trip. I had many things to share, but in the back of my mind, I thought...
Sacred work in the Holy City
We checked in late last night to our hotel in Jerusalem, which is wonderfully located just steps from the Old City and Ben Yehuda Street....
A fond farewell to Afula!
Today is our last day in Afula and staying at the Partnership House on Kibbutz Yizre’el. The rain held off and Rahel was finally able to...