January 20, 2015
Raisin – Walnut
I continue to struggle to find recipes that use my whole wheat starter to its full advantage. My whole wheat starter just doesn’t have as...
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January 18, 2015
The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan ** (of 4)
In the central third of this novel, a New Zealand prisoner of World War II, enslaved by the Japanese endures countless, excruciatingly detailed horrors in...
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My Promised Land by Ari Shavit **** (of 4)
Israel is threatened, and always has been, from within and without. Beyond its borders are hundreds of millions of Arabs, and 1.5 billion Muslims, most of...
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Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast **** (of 4)
It’s a cartoon memoir of the passing of Roz Chast’s, a New Yorker cartoonist, parents. Her parents lived into their 90s and died the long,...
Read More about Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast **** (of 4) December 26, 2014
Sourdough Week
Sue’s brother Marty was here for a week of superior cooking. Marty is an exceptional chef and my job when he’s around is to eat...
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Warburg in Rome by James Carroll *** (of 4)
I learned a lot about the plight of European Jews in the years 1944 to 1947. American Jews knew of the death camps, but widespread...
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Hummus, the Best Ever!
We’ve made and eaten a lot of hummus in our time, but this batch that Sue made was the the best I’ve ever eaten. Even...
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The UnAmericans by Molly Antopol **** (of 4)
Eight short stories about young and old Jews in America and in Israel and every character elicits your sympathy. Antopol starts her stories in the...
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Yiddishkeit by Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle *** (of 4)
Even the title of the book isn’t really translatable, encompassing as it does more than a language. Yiddishkeit is a people, it’s culture, and an...
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