Mafrum

 

"Why don’t you make mafrum?” asked my better half with this voice that she keeps for the things she really, really wants. “Mafrum? Now? In the middle of the summer?” I tried to evade her question. “First of all, you promised a long time ago that you’ll make it for me, and never did".

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Cinnamon Rolls

 

"Dad, can you make that cookie we ate at the mall?” asked my son. He didn’t need to elaborate, we both knew exactly which cookie he meant. We came to the US long before the container that we sent with the rest of our things, so we all went to the mall to buy some basic equipment. Obviously, we got lost.

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Olives Cheese & Sumac Breadsticks

 

"Smells so good” said my better half as she got home after a long day at work. “I see you got back to use the present we bought you”.  When we moved to the USA we couldn’t find any bread that we loved in our area, so one of the first presents my wife and kids bought me was a bread machine. “I’d like bread with garlic” said my older son “dad, I want bread with sunflower seeds” the young one add, “maybe you can make a rosemary dried tomato bread?” my better half asked.

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Brownies

 

“Mom, tell him, he isn’t giving me a piece of the cake!” my younger brother would wine. “At least eat lunch first” mom would say as she was looking at us kids eating one piece after another. When mom would bake a chocolate cake for shabbat, it would usually not survive Friday. “I got only two pieces and everybody got four already” my sister complained. “Leave at least some cake for your father” mom would say as she took what was left of the cake.

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Home made Shawarma

 

"What do you want to eat?” I asked my young son. “Can you make that thing that we always eat at grandma Rachelle’s?” “What dish?” I answered “I’m not sure I know what you mean.” “That meat we always eat with mom and grandma in the square”.

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Moroccan Cigars

 

"We are going to visit grandma,” said dad. We were thrilled, my brother and I loved these visits. Grandma lived on the other side of town. Back then, it took a ride on two different buses and quite a long walk to get there.

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