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Pissaldiere

May 1, 2011
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This is one of my favorite, comfort foods if you wish.  26 years ago when my oldest son was a baby I used to cart him around in his infant seat during the day and attend cooking class at the now defunct Montana Mercantile  store and cooking school in Los Angeles. The cooking school fostered [...]

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Passover Lemon Pavlova

April 22, 2011
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As promised I will explain the meringue with lemon curd desserts.  I love Ashuplados as posted by my dear friend Marcia on her blog Bendichos Manos or the Blessed Hands.  It is a blog about Rhodosli traditions

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Blood Orange Sorbet

April 17, 2011
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In our family we traditionally have a palate cleanser in between the soup, fish, and main course or dinner of the Passover Seder meal.  Since treating myself to an electric ice cream freezer a couple of years ago,

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Passover Fruit Crisp

March 31, 2011
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Two Friday nights ago my husband and I were in Rancho Mirage for Shabbat.  After making that new cauliflower plantain dish to serve with Desert Chicken, fruit crisp sounded like a compatible dessert.

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Kurabiyes

January 21, 2011
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Courabies, Kourabiedes, Kurabiyes, is a rich nut cookie adopted by the Sephardim from the Greeks.  It is made with almonds or walnuts, then rolled in powdered sugar, and served with Turkish coffee or tea. My great auntie, Amelia Touriel Notrica,

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