Ma’amoul – Date Cookies

 

Do you know those cookies that have already been eaten before they could even make it from the oven to the cooling net? Those that if one is not in the area when they are ready, there is a slim chance of getting any? At our home these were the Ma’amoul. Read more

Pull-Apart Poppy Seed Cake

 

“Half or full?” asked Jacob. “Full” I answered, “I’d finish half before I get home”. Naturally, he didn’t have to ask which cake. Weiss’ Bakery’s legendary poppy-seed cake was the ultimate Saturday treat. For me, where Saturday was not Saturday without at least two different cakes at home, Weiss’ poppy seed cake was an adequate substitute for moms’ cakes.

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Sfenj

 

Just about all my childhood foods relate to Mom. She was the day to day cook. The kitchen was her domain and she ruled it with a firm hand. From time to time, mostly during holidays and specials occasions, Dad also entered the kitchen to prepare delicacies that were “his.” It’s not that Mom didn’t know how to make them, but these were dad’s dishes.

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