You are Delicious

June lies precisely at the midpoint of the year between Hanukkahs (Hanukkim?)  This fact, paired with the realization that the first publication rights to a few of my recipes has expired, got me thinking about oil. Coconut oil, to be specific.
Coconut oil figured into all of my baking experimentation for my “Cupcakes for Hanukkah” article [...]

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Days or weeks can go into planning a Thanksgiving menu. Yet something always comes up at the last minute. Need to satisfy a visiting vegetarian? Forgot a dessert?  Here are two ideas to help.
1. For the vegetarian or other adventurous eaters at your table, try. Un-Turkey and Stuffing. This is my own adaptation of a [...]

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The following is cross-posted from The Jew & the Carrot

A group of Jewish food lovers, a spread of delectable dishes, and milkshakes made of laughter. If it were possible for one afternoon to be too good, this is where it would start.
A group of Jew & the Carrot writers, editors, and friends faced the risk—overflowing [...]

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11:54 p.m.

Wild strawberries: one of the small, sweet pleasures of my home town. These berries shine from patches of grass and forest without any cultivation or any say-so by any human.

Black raspberries, aka black caps (they are a deep purple when ripe. The pictured berries aren’t quite there). Yet another serendipitous find. When I was [...]

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How interesting that the one post I managed to put up during Passover dealt with a grain that’s biblically forbidden during the eight-day holiday. I thought I’d continue (or create?) a trend of banned substances with a bean dish. This is not just any bean dish. In yet another radical move, I’ve made this a [...]

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“I’d love to try those truffles, but they’d go right to my thighs.”
“I adore chocolate, but it makes me break out.”
“Don’t let my ass see that dessert tray!”
Many people feel that sugar doesn’t complement their bodies. They may even feel — or joke — that their wayward parts (the thunder thighs and pizza faces) plot [...]

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