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Welcome Jessica! It's never too late to join in - and your soup sounds delicious.

Welcome to eGullet Laurel! That's what I'm saying.. My Baba did the same thing. I've only done it on material a couple of times, and haven't noticed that much of a difference. I'd love to know if other people find it helps. The great thing about the stretch dough is that there are so many layers, the tearing gets covered up Thanks for the recipe - once Passover is over I'd love to try it.

how about a daquoise?

Wanna know what my sign is that Passover is (too) quickly approaching? In the last day and a half I've cracked 900 eggs!

Welcome to eGullet Alexis! And Heinz baked beans used to be kosher in Canada, but now are not. Though several Canadian snowbirds have found and purchased said beans in Florida, with a hechsher. The label said they were made in Canada. Pan (et al) - I think my view on the Jewish immigrants is skewed due to the very small Sephardic population where I'm from. Add to that the tradition of all of the Ashkenazie foods... I just don't see the whole picture. Thanks to all the eGulleters who are constantly teaching me new things!

2006The still wondering Jewish are sustained by today's kosher manufacturers who supply the world's kosher consumers with the 'can't live without' Gummy Gefilte Fish, non-flour Pasta, Flower Shaped Marshmallows and of course, kosher for Passover ice cream. This history is very interesting to me. Nothing too surprising. But I found this interesting: For some reason I always think of the Sephardi Jews arriving to NA later than the Ashkenazim. I don't know why exactly, but I do.

I don't know if I'd go out of my way for the buffet there... BUT - if you take some money out of a cash machine at the casino, you may also get a coupon for a free buffet

I wonder what kind of cheese you get from milkwood trees.... Lovely blog. Thanks so much. I would be a very happy person if somebody would prepare breakfasts for me with as much care and creativity as you and your staff do for your guests. What a beautiful way to live.

Over the last couple of weeks I've added Martha Stewarts Baking handbook and Hors D'ouevres book; Cucina Ebraica and the Pied Noir Cookbook (French Sephardic Cuisine from Algeria).

it's not Coke... but I know that some Israeli Pepsi products just made it to North America on Friday and are on their way out here... maybe they'll be appearing in a store near you soon. Pepsi, 7Up and Orange - all corn syrup free.

You're right on with that one. Many people think they want to try it themselves - but when they read the recipe, or heaven forbid try it once for themselves, they realize that it's much much easier to just order it from you. Another interesting thing I've noticed over the last couple of years - 95% of people who try one of my recipes change it in some way. Just today somebody said to me "I tried your carrot dill soup recipe - but I added a sweet potato". Hmm. Having said that - I still don't give out certain recipes - depends who is asking and for which recipe.

Boiled potatoes. ... baked potatoes... roasted potatoes... french fried potatoes...

Yes. This seems to be one of those cases where a word has one meaning in NY and another for the rest of the world.

I haven't ... but I just got a case of unflavoured, non-animal, non-fish based jello in. It's on my to-do list to try them again using this stuff. I had no luck with agar - but a fish based gelatin worked. I'll report back if it works.

The Dictionary of Popular Yiddish Words, Phrases, and Proverbs(Citadel Press) defines shmeer as: To me, this means that when referring to food, it is to slather on an excessive amount of spreadable stuff.

That's brilliant. I've been icing individual cakes with a small offset spatula. When Passover is over, and I'm ready to fill the showcase again I'm trying this! thanks.

I use Earth Balance in most of my baking. Best substitutes for butter I've ever used - and I've used a lot.

Victoria Seafood F-1086 St. Mary's Rd 255-0665 It's a couple of blocks north of Bishop Grandon. (I hate to have to tell you .. but I order from the english translations. what is xiao lung bao?) you can order off the 'regular' menu at any time. I usually go on the weekend - to now have to wait for a table, you pretty much have to be there before 12:30. They serve dimsum all day (even for dinner!), so as long as you can get a table, you tan order it all. I don't know that I'm a maven on dim sum ... just know what I like. Stuffed eggplant is wonderful - all the dumplings I've tried are great - buns, rice dishes... I've liked everything I've had (well.. not the rice rolls... I just don't like rice rolls anywhere). I'm getting hungry!

woops! Sorry. This recipe is great for playing with - sub walnuts, almonds or hazelnuts for pecas. sub apricot or pear (or any number of dried fruits) for the cranberries. whatever you can get. You can also replace some of the cake meal with chocolate and do a chocolate/hazelnut. Years ago, when we started selling biscotti (when we had a restaurant) we would have to explain to our older Jewish customers what it was "It's like an Italian komish/mandel". Now, we try to always have mandel in the showcase and we're often heard explaining to our non-Jewish customers "It's like a Jewish biscotti" you're welcome Jayne! I'm happy you like the recipe. I'm also happy you didn't find the Jerusalem Post version which somehow missed the pecan in the ingredient list! It's now here.

Somehow... a shmear of mayo just doesn't sound right. Yet... my family doesn't use shmear for just cream cheese. I think anything spreadable can be a shmear, or in fact can be shmeared. Shmear is most often used as a verb around here 'shmear some of that shmaltz on the rye'. Or as a noun 'wipe that shmear off the counter with that shmata'. I think shmear means it's more than just a dab ... like I don't want you to jsut scrape a little cream cheese on that .. I want a shmear!

Passover Pecan Cranberry Biscotti Jewish biscotti suitable for Passover. 3 large eggs 1-1/2 c ground pecans 1 c oil (cottonseed) 1 tsp vanilla 1 c sugar 2 tsp Passover baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 T orange zest 1/4 c potato starch 1-3/4 c cake meal 1/2 c dried cranberries Use an electric mixer with a paddle attachment to combine the eggs, oil, vanilla, sugar, baking powder, salt and orange zest. Mix on medium until well combined. (You can also use a wooden spoon and mix by hand.) Turn the machine off and add the potato starch, cake meal and pecans. Turn the machine on low to combine and mix until all of the ingredients come together. Add the cranberries and mix to evenly distribute. Divide the dough in two and form into logs, approximately 3 inches by 12 inches. If you find the dough too sticky, dust your hands with cake meal to work with the dough. Place the logs on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and bake in a preheated 350 F oven for 20-25 minutes. The biscotti will crack and loose the shine it had when it first went into the oven. Let cool. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 F. Carefully slice the logs into pieces, about 3/4 inches each. Arrange on a cookie sheet so that there is space between each cookie and return to the oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes until dry. Keywords: Dessert, Kosher, Jewish, Passover ( RG1677 )

Last week, two very good customers were in the store. One man from Bombay and an Israeli woman whose parents were from Morocco. Since this is the first year we have a real-honest-to-goodness little kosher grocery store, we have been asking our good customers what they'd like us to bring in for Passover, which has been leading to many interesting discussions on kitniyot. Mr. Bombay was telling me that all they ever used at Passover when he was in India (yes, from Iraq originally) was peanut oil. For Ms. Israel, her family always ate fresh beans and green beans. He ate rice (though she didn't) but they both had sesame... etc. The funny thing is that in such an Ashkenazi dominated country (Canada), there are only a handful of items available on my suppliers' Passover lists that would fall under the 'kitniyot' heading. On one hand I'm envious of the items allowed in the Sephardi kitchen - on the other hand, it seems to me that part of Passover is... well... doing without. The joy of that first outing to the sushi restaurant after Pesach for rice (in numerous forms) - for me, it's as wonderful as that first after-Passover pizza is for many others.

Ha! We've been having the great green-bean debate at work this week. For most - green beans are considered kitniyot (this dear rabbi guy explains it a bit..). Kitniyot being items that aren't exactly prohibited but are traditionally not eaten - unless you're a Sephardic Jew. here's more on Kitniyot

Hi Henry. I just wanted to let you know that I am thoroughly enjoying your blog. What a lovely way to live - beautiful location and surroundings, great friends and fantastic food. I'm envious! I can't wait to see what else you have in store for us. Thanks so much.