Do you know how frustrating it can be when baking is your passion and you don’t have an oven?  VERY!!!  Two weeks ago, just as I was rolling out the pastry for Howie’s birthday pie, my oven ‘short circuited’.  Literally. … Continue reading →

Frying chicken is an art, and one which my Dad had more than mastered during his lifetime.  Dad made the best-ever fried chicken!  I don’t think he ever tired of that labor intensive task, possibly because of how much he … Continue reading →

Marrying the love of my life came with sacrifices.  We met in my hometown while he was there on business, and if we were going to pursue our relationship, I would have to move to Los Angeles.  I fell hard … Continue reading →

My, it has been awhile.  There are many reasons for my absence from this space.  Traveling, lack of computer access, and many of the other obvious holiday distractions that kept me supremely busy.  Mostly though, it was more about a … Continue reading →

I celebrated my very first Hanukkah with my husband’s family nearly two and a half decades ago.  It was memorable for many reasons, not the least of which were my mother-in-law’s latkes.  Until then, the only latkes I had ever … Continue reading →