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  • TRADITIONAL GEFILTE FISH FROM THE OLD COUNTRY

    TRADITIONAL GEFILTE FISH FROM THE OLD COUNTRY

    By Larry Levine - One of my most prized culinary possessions is a recipe for Gefilte Fish in my mother’s own handwriting. Mom made Gefilte Fish twice a year and served it as an appetizer for the Passover and Rosh Hashanah holiday dinners. A couple of weeks before the holiday, she would phone the fish [...]

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  • POTATO LATKES ALMOST DAD’S WAY

    POTATO LATKES ALMOST DAD’S WAY

    By Larry Levine - Each year about this time my father would get out the old box grater and set to work hand-grating potatoes and onions for Hanukkah latkes. Mom would peel the potatoes and put them in cold water to keep them from discoloring until Dad could get to them. Most often, we would [...]

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  • CHICKEN SOUP – It Really Works

    CHICKEN SOUP – It Really Works

    By Larry Levine – It’s jokingly called Jewish penicillin, but it’s no joke. The name is well-deserved because it helps cure not just the common cold but also all manner of other maladies, including flu and chest congestion. It’s chicken soup. There are generations of anecdotal evidence that it works and now comes actual proof. [...]

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