This recipe started out as a way to solve the problem of how to make caramel without butter, ie to make parve or vegan caramel for Vegan Chocolate Matzah Bark. It ended up tasting too good to be just a means to an end.
Vegan Caramel Sauce
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Tangerine Fishballs
No tangerines were harmed in making of this dish. Tangerine Fishballs makes an excellent, easy Seder alternative to the ubiquitous gefilte-fish starter (appetizer).
Leaving Washington DC
Washington DC can be a cold and indifferent place ...if you felt claustrophobic during COVID-19 lock-downs imagine how it would feel if that was all you had, all the time, with nothing to look forward to, adding in the necessity of drugging your son to help him get through the reality of his daily life and his very real feelings of being in his words 'left behind.'
Meditations on Moving House and Reaching Your Destination
Our new back yard; the furniture we brought from the US to Israel (the cat came separately). We have arrived at our destination. Just short of three years after we left Washington DC, we completed purchase of our permanent 'second-hand' home here in Zichron Yaakov. Fun fact: while in the US it is common to … Continue reading Meditations on Moving House and Reaching Your Destination
Gluten Free (GF) Potato Latkes
So now it is Hanukkah, the Jewish holiday of lights and the miracle of the oil that lasted 8 days. Potato latkes cooked in oil are an enduring Hanukkah tradition and I have been making latkes at home for more than 30 years. That's a lot of latkes! Here is my fool-proof gluten free (GF) … Continue reading Gluten Free (GF) Potato Latkes
Faith and Phenomena: The Wonder of the Irrational in Judaism
Fascinated and still feeling the strong presence of my late Uncle, I watched as the candle continued to burn for what seemed an eternity, finally igniting the wick from the previous week for an amazing blaze of light before finally burning out.
Meditations on Moving House, Procrastination and Planning for Success
After nearly 3 years and 5 apartments, we have navigated the unknown waters of the local real estate market and found our home here in Zichron Yaakov, Israeli wine country. On Thursday we completed the process (don't ask) and received the keys. So now the fun really begins. Earlier this year I wrote about our … Continue reading Meditations on Moving House, Procrastination and Planning for Success
Japanese (Rationing) Fruit Cake
This is my favorite fruitcake, from a recipe handed down by my Bubbe Leah (Levy) Weisenfeld (z”l). This cake was a staple in our house when I was growing up. It was many years before I learned that there is nothing Japanese about the cake at all - the name came from the fact that the … Continue reading Japanese (Rationing) Fruit Cake
Chocolate Rolls
These beautiful chocolate rolls taste as good - or better - as traditional sweet rolls with healthier substitutions consistent with a Microbiome Diet. After all, it does not matter how healthy something is if no one wants to eat it.
A Tale of 2 Leaders: Israeli PM Netanyahu and Former Phils President Estrada (Part 2)
Part 1 of this series revisited the Cell Phone Revolution in Manila, Philippines, which spurred abdication of then-President Joseph 'Erap' Estrada in 2001, for insights into intensifying Israelis protests against Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu on similar grounds of Fraud, Breach of Trust and accepting Bribes. Now as the world awaits the results of the US … Continue reading A Tale of 2 Leaders: Israeli PM Netanyahu and Former Phils President Estrada (Part 2)
Your Second-Middle Age: 