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Author Archives: shelly
on making baby food
This isn’t a mommy blog. Really, it’s not. And I don’t intend to make it one. But this is the place where I write what I write, and what I write is often a reflection of what I’m doing and … Continue reading
perfecting the potato pancake on BlogHer
Happy almost Chanukah! My tips on latke-making are now syndicated on BlogHer. For everything you wanted to know about potato pancakes but were afraid to ask, click here.
Posted in elsewhere on the web, holiday, how to, jewish
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recriminations
Faint stirrings, a whimper, a frown that seems to melt your entire face like wax dripping down a candle, a frown that threatens to morph into a full-blown yowl. You turn restlessly to and fro, and I try to determine … Continue reading
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not quite jambalaya
I bought some house-made smoked andouille sausage from the butcher last week. I think I’ve only eaten andouille sausage once or twice, probably in a jambalaya which I imagine I must have tasted off my husband’s plate. It’s not a … Continue reading
Posted in breakfast, one dish meal
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famine
famine Aborted pebbles, rocks and stones. No fecund land, just desert bones. What use this hollow granary still? What good this craggy mound to till? Dusty plains, forgotten farms, Leathery women with listless arms. Dusty men with empty pockets, Parched … Continue reading
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enfant terrible
birthrebirthrebirthrebirthrebirth I’d like to give birth to myself. Vomit out a tiny little replica of me. A small, helpless thing that adores me. A thing I will raise to be myself. As it grows, I will teach it all the … Continue reading
beef meatball, olive and lemon “tajine” with tehineh sauce
Jewish new year is forever marked in my mind with the thick, heady sweetness of honey. Everything is drenched in it—-the raisin-studded challah bread, the tart apples ushering in the autumn season and a sweet new year, the overwhelmingly sweet … Continue reading
Posted in holiday, jewish, main dishes, mideastern, stew
Tagged holiday, jewish, main dishes, mideastern, stew
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the righteous shopper
Buy local food grown by local farmers. Buy food that is sustainably grown. Reduce your carbon footprint. Buy local food grown by farmers. Buy food that is sustainable. Reduce your carbon footprint. Buy local food. Buy sustainable food. Reduce your … Continue reading
vegan tea-smoked tofu and almond stir fry
Warning: this recipe is neither authentically Chinese in any way, nor is it pretty. It does, however, taste good. Feeling peckish and rather surly on a cold, grey Saturday morning, I threw this together using whatever fresh vegetables I had … Continue reading
Posted in breakfast, chinese, main dishes, one dish meal, vegan, vegetarian
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juif
Tonight, I encountered a young homeless man in the tunnels of the Metro. He was sitting cross-legged on the ground, a newspaper in front of him on top of which sat what I immediately recognized as a small velvet tefillin bag … Continue reading
Posted in thoughts, weird little things
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