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Counting almonds

Turns out, I have a natural handicap when it comes to eating like normal people. My daughter discovered this when she was in elementary school and forever engaged in a war of attrition over food.

Opinion: At the New Year, let’s give animals a new Jewish chance

Shortly after I became a vegan, around 20 years ago, I ordered my first “vegan option” at a Jewish organizational dinner. It arrived: a plateful of raw celery and carrot sticks arranged around a cup of something ranch dressing-ish that probably wasn’t even vegan.

Position yourself for Passover’s traditions

After many years of reciting the Passover story around our dining room table, we made a major change. My family decided to re-create the seders held long ago. According to the haggadah, when people live in freedom, they can eat in a reclining or relaxed manner.

Chef Micah Wexler goes global, and local, at Mezze

Chefs often speak of a magical moment during their childhood, when something they tasted — a food so new and bold that it shocked them — changed their life and sent them straight to the kitchen. For Micah Wexler, 29, the chef at West Hollywood’s Mezze, there was no such moment, just a childhood spent in his mother’s kitchen.

Break the fast with a buffet

As the sound of the shofar officially closes the long day of Yom Kippur prayer, people head home a little weary but spiritually uplifted.

Bring the taste of France to your Passover table

One might expect the chef-owner of a haute cuisine, award-winning French-American restaurant, where l\’addition can easily top $300 per couple, to be an egotist. One would be wrong.

Semper Fiber

Too-frequent weigh-ins can sabotage any diet efforts, because a woman\’s weight is a mysterious, jumpy, undependable thing that does not follow any known laws of nature. Over-weighing would lead to stress. Stress would slow down my metabolism, which was already prone to sleeping in late.

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