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Bar/Bat Mitzvah – Author-Baker Rises to Bimah — at Last

Joanne Rocklin is obsessed with food. On her 60th birthday, she began summarizing her life with the essentials: \”I love to cook. I love to eat\”. But it\’s her passion for writing that has enabled her to come to terms with her life and her faith.

‘Kitchen’ Lets Kid Chefs Cook Up Fun

In \”Kids in the Kitchen,\” best-selling author Fishbein has translated into kids lingo her formula for great cook books: interesting recipes that tweak the traditional, with points for presentation and originality. The full-color photos and cutesy thematics in this book are as bright as her others (her \”Kosher by Design Entertains\” is known universally as \”The Pink Book\”), with a few more smiley faces.

Leftovers Go Green

Eight years ago, when my father\’s Parkinson\’s symptoms overwhelmed his body, but not his spirit, my mother decided she needed care-taking help. For a man who cherished his independence so fiercely, this life change would not come easy. But with same courage it took to run a profitable textile engineering business for 45 years without a high-school diploma, he accepted his reality and his need for Liz.

My mother hired Liz for four days a week shortly after she moved from San Francisco to Atlanta. And each day she came through their front door carrying her supplies and her faith. It didn\’t take long for my mom to discover Liz was an excellent cook and ask her to prepare many family favorites.

McDonald’s to Fund Kosher Ed

An Illinois court ruled May 20 that the world\’s most ubiquitous burger joint must sink $1 million into education about Judaism\’s kosher laws.

17 Years Ago: Taking the Schmaltz Out of Our Food

At sundown on Monday we usher in the happiest day of our calendar, Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. For the next 10 days we\’ll be called upon to reexamine our lives — to wake up and not only smell the roses, but plant them for other people to enjoy.

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