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  1. My Father’s Flavors
    My father was a man of strong appetites and emotions. He was born in 1922,  a Sephardic Jew in North Africa when it was occupied … MORE »
    My Father’s Flavors
  2. Chocolate Babka
    Babka is good.  If you have a piece of the crumbly, yeasty, cinnamon-y bread/pastry you might think, “oh, it’s kind of like an oversized Rugalach… MORE »
    Chocolate Babka
  3. The World’s Fluffiest Potato Pancakes Video
    You put a Jewish mother on Chopped, in a drama-filled Holiday episode, and what is she going to make? Oh yeah, you know…Latkes. That’s potato… MORE »
    The World’s Fluffiest Potato Pancakes Video
  4. Watch My Winning Chopped Episode: Panetone Bread Pudding
    This little bite of blended holiday heaven was the happy result of intrigue, sabotage and an adrenaline-addled brain the day I competed on Food Network’s… MORE »
    Watch My Winning Chopped Episode: Panetone Bread Pudding
  5. Honey Roasted Chicken with Orange and Fennel for Rosh Hashana
    I tend to look backward a lot. In this very literal backward glance, it was a good thing. I captured my Vizsla, Phoebe in a… MORE »
    Honey Roasted Chicken with Orange and Fennel for Rosh Hashana