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HamentaschenFAIL

March 14, 2009

Yea, I don’t know what happened this year. Normally, this dough gives me minimal frustration, but for some reason, this go-round I got half a batch of nice-looking little guys and half a batch of…well, sexyugly. Tasty, nonetheless — but not the kind of cookie you want to pass out. Especially not when you have [...]

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Friday Freakout #1: Where’s my local falafel joint?

February 27, 2009

In the interest of diversifying this blog beyond my standard “photo with recipe” formula, I’m instituting a new feature called Friday Freakout. No explanation needed, right? Having recently returned from Israel, falafel is on the mind more than usual. Walk down the streets of Jerusalem with me for a moment: you won’t make it a [...]

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Inspired Chocolate Macarons

February 21, 2009

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been on 3 continents in the past week. 7 days is too short for a proper vacation, especially when it involves places as wonderful as Israel and Paris. There’s so, so much I wish I could have done that I just didn’t get a chance to do — so [...]

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Menu for Hope Raffle Results

January 16, 2009

Well, Menu for Hope was quite a success! Over $60,000 raised for the UN World Food Program in Lesotho…very impressive, especially considering the rough times. To see if you won one of the many fantastic prizes, head over to www.chezpim.com for the complete list of winners. Also, if you’re the lucky lady who won my [...]

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Thanksgiving confession and pep-talk

November 20, 2008

Confession: I’m going to Detroit this year with D and fam, and will not be cooking any T-day fare as I did last year. Sorry to desert! Pep-talk: I would be remiss to leave you empty-handed as you tackle your Turkey, tofurky, and other accoutrement. With that in mind, I’ve written a page of vegetarian [...]

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National Pride!

November 5, 2008

photo by A. Gilbert l link to photo source Yes, this is a food blog; no, I don’t intend to make it anything else. But I simply can’t let yesterday’s events go unrecognized. Never in my life have I been prouder to be part of this country. I’m simply overjoyed that the racial barrier has [...]

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September 2008: An NDP experiment

August 31, 2008

You hoo — anyone out there? It’s been a rough couple months for NDP, between six weeks of crazy work schedules and a long vacation to Alaska (yes, I’m back and I’ve got beautiful pictures to share!). But I promise, I haven’t forgotten about you. No, no, no. Never. In fact, I’ve decided not only [...]

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Hibernating…

April 23, 2008

Because it’s Passover, and my fridge is completely empty, save for two trays of leftover chicken and a huge bag of chocolate chip cookies and marshmallow brownies graciously donated care-packaged by D’s family. Thank heavens, we won’t starve. But I’ll be hiding out in my cave until Passover is over, at which point I promise [...]