Category: Christmas

Chopped Kale Salad with Pomegranate and Apple

11 February 2013

This salad totally cracks me up.  Made first on a whim and unrequested for my step-aunt-in-law’s Rosh Hashana dinner, this salad has taken my friends and family by storm.  It is a version of what I made all summer involving peaches or nectarines or plums or…. It was devoured at Aunt Joey’s dinner, and one […]

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Gingerbread House Decorating With Our Family

12 December 2012

The past weekend in New York City was rainy and dreary, and by the end of it, Mira and Liev were bored and whining and beginning to fight.  There’s nothing like two consecutive days inside to start trouble between siblings.  To make things worse, my husband was off in Florida attending and speaking at Engage!12 , which […]

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Chocolate Pot de Creme

10 February 2011

When I was a little girl, my mom would serve us pot de creme only once or twice a year, and we could not wait to have it.  Her presentation was so elegant.  We received our pots in lusterous ivory china demi-tasse cups and served with real silver demi-tasse spoons.  I felt like a princess. […]

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Three-Cheese Buckwheat Ebleskivers

03 February 2011

In our family, ebleskivers-the sweet kind served with maple syrup or jam- are a tradition when the family is all together.  My mom’s well-used, well-worn pan comes out of hiding into its special place of honor on the stovetop.  Each ebleskiver cup is filled with melted butter first and then batter to make those light, […]

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Quick Christmas Morning Cinnamon Snails

14 December 2010

In her kindergarten class, my daughter and her friends are studying snails.  They have become little experts on whorls (the swirl on a snail’s shell) and just about every other detail of snail living, and to celebrate, I got to spend an afternoon with them at school making a holiday take on lumace, snail pastries. […]

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