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It is so sad to hear. Anna was truly an amazing person, clever, funny, talented. It was a pleasure knowing her, joking about our opposite food opinions, and admiring the delicious food she made. I will forever remember her fondly.

Migas. A bit late for Easter, but a Colomba Pasquale (talias Easter bread with candied orange and almonds). Fried rice with shrimps and dukkah. Makloubeh rice with chickpeas and vegetables. Matzo brei with mozzarella and tomatoes.

Lupini beans in a slightly sweet curry with plenty of coriander seeds and tamarind, cashew. Okra in yogurt sauce with turmeric, garlic and hing. Black pepper rice. Not pictured - home made mango chutney.

Opera cake.

I would say that for me, mac and cheese indeed implies a shape of pasta, but much more, it implies a specific kind of cheese sauce - one made of a somewhat sharp cheese such as cheddar, is on the rich side, and often made with a roux base. It is likely so because "mac and cheese" is a term I'll use untranslated to Hebrew, and so is distinct to me from just any pasta with cheese. Think of "shrimp scampi" which makes little sense to an Italian speaker, but perfect sense to Americans.

The nuts are toasted. I chopped everything medium fine. You could also do a rough chop. I liked how they are all shiny off white outside and marbled brown inside. Do try, nuts are great in meringue. I also added a touch of almond extract. There are also cookies combining meringue and shortbread popular in Israel. E.g. https://www.onesarcasticbaker.com/butter-meringue-cookies/ (haven't tried this recipe).

Ugly but tasty meringue cookies with hazelnuts, almonds and dark chocolate.

Mac and cheese with Gochujang and peanuts.

Enchiladas. Filling is cheeses, onion, egg and chili. Roasted chilies sauce with lots of coriander seed.

Yeah, that's a thing. Potato filling is also common. Looks decedent, if messy

Some old stuff from around Passover. Mazobrie with bananas. Matzo cubes in vegetarian soup. Beans, okra and blue cheese. \\ Potato and shrimp salad. A little mayo, dill, egss. Chickpeas in kimchi and chili paste. Homemade tteokbokki in peanut-chili sauce with some oyster sauce. Choux puffs. Some with vanilla, honey and orange blossom creme patissiere. Some with savory blue cheese patissiere.

Beautiful things in this thread! Thanks for sharing, all. Cream and strawberry cake. Barley, ginger, tofu cooked in syrup, peanuts, jujubes, dates.

Bean and celery salad with peanuts. Spaghetti with roasted peppers, ricotta and and walnuts. Soba with avocado, shrimps, sesame. Singaporean style fried noodles with chopped shrimps and mussels, lots of pepper, herbs, oyster suace. Soup with chickpeas, black eyed peas, lentils, spinach, parsley, mint, turmeric. Pasta, feta cream.

Thanks Anna. If we all had the same tastes, the world would have been much more boring.

Pad see ew with broccoli Dessert sweet potato and ginger soup with potato mochi. Shrimps masala, lachuch bread, coconut-fenugreek chutney, mango chutney. Kısır - Turkish bulgur salad with pomegranate molasses and fresh herbs. Fire roasted eggplant with tahini and yogurt. Tom yum soup.