AlexxJun 19, 20195 minRequiem for a Troublemaker (Chocolate Cake)One of the first female State Senators of New Jersey, Alene Ammond passed away on June 4th. I’m a pretty private person. She was not. I s...
AlexxDec 9, 20183 minHanukkah at Home (Latkes)Cutting straight to the chase here, as the last thing I want to be is someone who postpones another’s latkes. If you grew up in a Jewish ...
AlexxDec 5, 20182 minHanukkah at Home (Kugel)The origin of this kugel recipe comes from a cookbook my family has had for so long, cooking from it is one of my earliest memories. Open...
AlexxNov 10, 20184 minWhen Words Fall Short (Apple Pie)“And this, what does this mean? ‘Flipping,’ I thought I understood, but not in this sentence.” My neighbor Genevieve slid the English nov...
AlexxSep 10, 20183 minRosh Hashanah (Apple Cake)This time last year, I was discovering a little pocket of Israel just miles from my home in Charleston, SC. Upon learning that half my fa...
