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Gluten-Free Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese

I try to eat a pretty healthy and mostly unprocessed gluten-free diet, but I do love mac and cheese. This is ...

How to Let Our Desserts (& Our Kids) Just BE What They Are

Fat-free ice cream. Sugar free-candy. Low-carb apple pie. Are you salivating yet?  Probably not. Manufacturers and weight-conscious home chefs often ...

Blogger Spotlight: Chosen Bites

Anyone who knows me (or reads this blog) knows I am not the biggest supporter of the gluten-free fad. In ...

Pineapple Coconut Coffee Cake

Like so many of my peers, Jewish summer camp played an integral role in my Jewish identity. It’s where I ...

Shavuot Menu Ideas (Blintzes, Cheesecake, Ziti – Oh My!)

June is a tricky time for a holiday like Shavuot. On one hand, I love having an excuse to make ...

A Recipe for Judaism

What makes a fish taste Jewish?For some, the immediate answer will be pickling and a former home in freshwater. For ...

Bringing a Rainbow (Cheesecake) to the Holiday Table

Next week marks the holiday of Shavuot. This holiday, which is celebrated seven weeks after Passover, marks the giving of the ...

Green Lasagna

I grew up eating lots of very traditional Italian-American lasagna, baked ziti and anything else you could cover in homemade ...

Dishes for Memorial Day Weekend

The long weekend is finally here and I am ready for some relaxing. I am also ready for the start ...

Facts from the Field

Some big issues for orthodox feminism have come up in the news lately. Did you see that women will soon ...

Jewish, Japanese, and Delicious

I am all too familiar with a story like Francesca Biller’s, who shares this week what it’s like to be ...

S’mores Rugelach

I am always ready to bake up treats for an outdoor picnic celebration. And Lag B’omer, the 33rd day of ...