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Sweet and Sour
In my grandparents’ homes, as in the shtetlach from whence they came, the food was sweet and sour – just as life itself was sweet and sour. For me, a grandchild of immigrants growing up between two...
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From Scratch
One of my pet peeves is the veritable deluge of prepared foods and “meal assembly” emporia that has overtaken America and seem to be spreading like a stain across the rest of the world. Walk into any...
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On Carrots and Fishes and Jewish Souls
I spent several years traveling the world, trying on different faiths, seeing which one fits. At the end of my journey, I found myself in Tzfat, in northern Israel, diving headfirst into my own faith....
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Passover for Non-Bolivians (and a Recipe!)
By now, most people have heard of quinoa, the superfood. With plenty of fiber, protein and vitamins it sounds like a super idea. The problem arises when the time comes to actually prepare this somewhat...
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Bageling
Have you ever been ‘bageled’? “Bageling” is: the conscious act – or speech – of a non-obviously looking Jewish individual to an obviously looking Jew intended to indicate that he or she is also Jewish;...
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One Egg Is A Fortune
One Egg Is A Fortune is a collection of recipes and stories from fifty prominent Jewish people from around the world. It was compiled by two Australian Jewish women. Our purpose in publishing this...
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Why Self-Publish?
Why self-publish? The mainstream publishing industry continues to be in a state of flux and when we began our cookbook many publishers were not taking on first-time, high-risk authors. There were small...
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Rising to the Top
Pnina Jacobson and Judy Kempler are the authors of One Egg Is A Fortune. Food has always been central to Jewish life – it holds both biblical and historical significance and often reflects our Jewish...
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Funny, You Don’t Book Jewish
Lois Leveen’s newest novel, The Secrets of Mary Bowser, is now available. There’s a novel I first read years ago that rang true in deep ways for me: Immigrant parents work hard, and, as a measure of...
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Graphic Memoir: The Legacy of Harvey Pekar
JT Waldman co-authored and illustrated the new graphic novel Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me with writer and frequent David Letterman guest Harvey Pekar. Read more about their relationship here....
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