food and family ties.

Thank you all for the good wishes for the new year!  Right back at you, Jewish or not. :)

No matter where I am in the world, I have always been able to find the community, however small, with whom I can celebrate, read a common language, and of course, share familiar food.  Though I’m certainly [...]

holiday nostalgia.

Growing up in an American Jewish family, I’ve always celebrated two distinct new years.  There is the one we all share, from January to December, winter to winter, toasted with champagne, heels, and sparkles of gold.  And then, there is the one I share only with some, marking the beginning of autumn and a fresh [...]