Rosh Hashanah

Pastelicos With Meat and Rice Filling

September 15, 2011
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I baked pastelicos today in my frenzy of preparation for the upcoming Rosh Hashanah celebration.  They freeze

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Brussels Sprouts and Date Salad

September 14, 2011
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Last week, while having lunch at the popular eatery Joan’s On Third, I tried a roasted Brussels sprouts salad

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Pomegranate Chicken

September 12, 2011
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Rosh Hashanah is around the corner so it is appropriate to make recipes containing ingredients from the Simanim (symbolic New Years foods).  Pomegranate molasses is a wonderful concentration

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Hazelnut Biscotti with Dried Cranberries

August 21, 2011
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Biscotti are such a wonderful cookie and very Sephardic in spirit since they are great dunked in Turkish coffee.  I baked a new version of hazelnut biscotti the other day, try these. 6 plus 1 cups all purpose unbleached flour

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Baklava

October 12, 2010
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While growing up in the Seattle of the 1950’s and 60’s, before its discovery by foodies worldwide, baklava was the quintessential holiday dessert in our Sephardic home.  Baklava graced the dessert table on Chanukah, Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, weddings, brisses, any important occasion.  Once, I even begged my mother to make it for a home economics [...]

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