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| Introduction: Recipe for a cookbook | |
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| So IG++m sitting minding my own business, and IG++m thinking, I know | |
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| IG++ll collect my auntsG++ recipes and put them in a book | |
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| So look what happened! Meet the family, each with a recipe and a story to tell | |
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| YouG++re gonna need a scorecard. (The photos will help.) | |
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| BG++raysheet: in the beginning | |
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| Back in Slonim, first they liked us, then they hated usG++Papa Harry said, G++Enough already!G++ How my grandparents set down roots in the Promised Land, and from there sprang the whole mishpuchah | |
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| Cooking kosher | |
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| To play the game you gotta know the rules | |
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| If youG++re observant, you know all this stuff already | |
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| If not, hereG++s a quick course in separating the meat from the dairy | |
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| Appetizers | |
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| A little nosh before the main event | |
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| Not G++littleG++ like the French with their dainty amuse-bouches | |
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| Not that little | |
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| And why just one? Have a knish and borekas and some chopped liver too | |
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| And a little hummus would be good | |
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| And try the eggplant | |
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| Hummus with the eggplant | |
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| M-m-m-m | |
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| Soups.. I donG++t care what you sayG++my motherG++s chicken soup really is better than your motherG++s | |
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| Better than anybodyG++s | |
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| But it doesnG++t stop there | |
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| Carrot, Mushroom Barley, Roasted Beet Borscht, lentil . . . and Shiitake Mushroom Matzoh Balls to go with them all! Soups from the Old World and soups from the New | |
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| Salads.. | |
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| You peel, you chop, and then you crunch | |
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| From Mandarin to Indian to Israeli, Korean, and ThaiG++I mean the salads, not the people | |
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| TheyG++re Jewish | |
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| Well, some of them are Israeli | |
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| Oh, you get the idea | |
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| Meats.. | |
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| YouG++re thinking, Jewish cookbookG++brisket | |
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| (Not that thereG++s anything wrong with that!) WeG++ve got four, not counting two for the cholents, and darn proud of it! But thereG++s also Moroccan Spicy Apricot Lamb Shanks, Hazelnut Crusted Rack of Lamb, Osso Buco, Spanish Short Rib Stew. . . . Go ahead | |
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| Browse | |
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| Poultry .. | |
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| Toasted with fennel, baked with cherries and chili sauce, stir-fried with walnuts, grilled with mustard and herbsG++if it clucks youG++ll find it here | |
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| And no part of the chickenG++ or turkey or henG++is ever wasted | |
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| Fish .. | |
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| ThereG++s more than herring and gefilte in this chapter | |
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| Okay, lox too | |
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| Okay, herring and gefilte are in appetizers, and lox is in breakfast | |
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| But the other fish are here, like salmon five ways to Sunday and sea bass and halibut and mahi-mahi and Vegetables... | |
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| They didnG++t eat G++em in Slonim, but weG++re in this country now | |
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| Flash-roasted asparagus | |
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| Portobello wrap | |
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| Southwestern Tsimmes in Chile Pockets | |
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| Triple Corn Pudding to die for | |
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| Spinach-Stuffed Squash | |
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| So be good and eat your veggies | |
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| Dessert is coming in just 130 pages | |
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| Potatoes, noodles, rice, and grains.. | |
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| You want comfort? IG++ll give you comfort: Three kinds of latkes, a dozen noodle kugels, pirogen (potato and cheese), mamaliga, shlishkes, stuffings, sweet potatoesG++with marshmallows, sure, but also with pecans or honey-orange glaze | |
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| And these they call side dishes? | |
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| Breads.. | |
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| You donG++t have to be Jewish to love challah | |
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| But put away the knife and tear off a piece | |
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| Unless youG++re making a French toast casserole or challah chips | |
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| Then you can use the knife | |
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| And if you donG++t have a bread machine, get one for the pita | |
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| YouG++ll thank me | |
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| (If youG++re looking for onion rolls, pretzels, biscuits, and scones, theyG++re in here too.) | |
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| Breakfast .. | |
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| The most important meal of the day | |
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| Well, the most fun | |
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| Try the Hoppel-Poppel or blintzes or Apple-Cinnamon Pancakes orG++ wait! Caramel French ToastG++no! Apple and Cheese-Stuffed French Toast | |
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| Oh, I canG++t make up m | |