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Shavuot Recipe Roundup
- My Shaved Fennel Salad – Zucchini Crumble – Tutti-Frutti Crumble My Way – Rye Soda Bread More dairy recipes: – Tian – Vegetable Gratin – Greek Red Onion Pie with Feta – Le Quaron: Apricot Cake – My Mother’s … Continue reading
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My Shaved Fennel Salad
Inspired by Heidi Swanson’s own recipe 1 small zucchini, sliced into paper thin coins 1 small fennel bulb, trimmed and shaved paper-thin loosely chopped fresh dill 1/6 cup/80ml fresh lemon juice 1/6 cup/80ml extra virgin olive oil fine grain sea … Continue reading
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Tutti-Frutti Crumble My Way
On her blog, Heidi Swanson a six recipe sampler of her new book Super Natural Every Day. The sampler includes Tutti-Frutti Crumble. I wanted to try this recipe for last night’s Shabbat meal but lacked three ingredients: rolled oats, dried … Continue reading
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Zucchini Crumble
Since my next interview series seems to be a little delayed, I am starting a mini series of Shavuot recipes. It is customary to eat dairy food on Shavuot therefore I have opted for dairy recipes. One explanation for the … Continue reading
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My Mother’s Ice Cream
1 can evaporated/unsweetened condensed milk 250 g / 1 cup sugar 500 g / 1 pound fruit (one of the following: strawberries, peaches, blackcurrant, …) washed, peeled if necessary and pureed Put the can in the fridge one or two … Continue reading
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Shavuot: Afterthoughts
Since I spent some time studying The Book of Ruth before the holiday, I was quite happy when my favorite rabbi talked about it yesterday morning. One important point he made was about decision making. He noted that, in this … Continue reading
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Shavuot: an Algerian Custom
I was invited to Paris for Shavuot by my friend Joelle and her husband Pierre. On her mother’s side, Joelle’s family comes from Constantine where there used to be a large Jewish community before Algeria became independent in 1962. Her … Continue reading
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News from Other Blogs
With Shavuot literally round the corner, I have little time to blog. So instead I prefer to point to some nice posts: Ima Shalom deals with child friendly shuls in Tel Aviv. Frumteacher weighs the positive and negative elements of … Continue reading
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Shavuot for Today
As Jews we don’t believe the Torah is a historical document, one to study like any other ancient text, but that God gave it to us to live with, in our time. Rabbi Levi Meier sums it up beautifully in … Continue reading
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