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Passover: The Cookbook and the Holiday

I’m starting to plan my Passover menu, helped along by a new book entitled Passover: A Kosher Collection by my friend Pam Reiss. Passover is my absolute favorite holiday in the Jewish calendar because I love its ritual foods and I love its message of social responsibility–a message that has inspired many Jewish people to [...]

Posted at 2:32 pm on March 17, 2010 | 1 comment | Filed Under: Published articles, formative food memories, home cooking, nostalgia | read on

Omnivorism

Some of you may know that I was a vegetarian for close to a decade, returning to full omnivorism when I enrolled in culinary school.
I’ve been working with some vegan recipes recently in the interest of pursuing a vegan client, and it led me down the rabbit hole of memories about vegetarianism and my shift [...]

Posted at 8:26 pm on March 4, 2010 | leave a comment | Filed Under: General, Published articles, formative food memories | read on

Rochelle’s Sweet Tweets

@erikamgarcia I also have a supplemental fullsize fridge, but right now it just holds soda, backup milk and beer. 2 hours ago

@erikamgarcia I hope to blog the experience at lotsofeverything.com 2 hours ago

@erikamgarcia I have a side-by-side refrigerator-freezer (the freeze is about 2/3 full). I also have a smallish half-full chest freezer. 2 hours ago

@erikamgarcia the freezers and pantry are stocked, money is tight, and I like a challenge. Lots of weird things in there to figure out too. 2 hours ago

Just helped my folks clean out pantry. Practice for April, when we eat only what we have on hand. No buying anything but produce and dairy. 2 hours ago

Jewish St Patrick's Day dinner: corned beef w mustard sauce, roasted taters, slaw. Grapefruit. Nomnomnom. 1 day ago

Only 2 spots left in my Southern cooking class @ TKS in Frederick 4/6! The Pasta class 4/28 is filling too! More: http://bit.ly/TUPwh Pls RT 1 day ago

In which I feast on the latest cookbook by @PamReiss and reflect on my favorite Jewish holiday: http://bit.ly/a9kEs1 1 day ago

@PamReiss Secret garlic? Is that in the book?? (I got it last week btw, thanks!) #passoverpty 3 days ago

@PamReiss Braised with lots of onions and sweet spices and carrots and tomatoes. Or crusted with ancho, oregano, cumin, garlic #passoverpty 3 days ago