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Tasty Homemade Matzo

This matzo recipe tastes way better than a box. That’s the joke about storebought matzo, the unleavened bread eaten instead of conventional yeast or baking soda/powder loaves or other baked goods during the Jewish holiday of Passover. Yet I’ve always liked matzo, and factory-made does taste far better than cardboard. Homemade isn’t difficult and doesn’t […]

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Forget John, It’s Time for Hoppin’ Ben

This is a vegan version of Hoppin’ John, the black-eyed pea dip/salad/soup said to bring good luck when eaten on New Year’s Day. (A mess of greens and cornbread (Southern non-sweet recipe) complete the traditional charm). Like split peas and lentils, black-eyes do not have to be soaked before cooking. If served immediately, this is […]

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Pumpkin Pie Plus

This dessert is one of those raw foodie dishes, but the original recipe allowed as how it could be baked. That should comfort one’s more conventional dining guests. I’ve fiddled but only a little with how it’s put together. This pie has no gluten and no dairy with low added sugar and no added oil […]

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Kabocha Theater

Thanksgiving. America’s Feast Day. It was yesterday. Before I forget what my notes mean, here are two of the dishes whose recipes I’ve been tinkering with for years and now have just about settled on. We don’t eat meat, so we keep experimenting with the holiday meal — no turkey so the entree is one […]