These rugelach would’ve been a lot better if only I’d remembered how much I dislike orange marmalade and used another jam instead, like apricot. Or strawberry, even. Marmalade is so bitter! Is it just me? Also, the recipe made two to three times more filling than was needed, which I realized early on, and yet [...]

Baklava. Perfect for Rosh Hashanah and yet I’ve never seen it made. I can speculate as to why. It’s a pain in the arse and, not to generalize, most of the Jewish women I’m acquainted with do not concentrate their efforts on desserts. Their energy instead goes into more worthy causes: chicken soup, brisket, stuffed cabbage, [...]

I never knew it was weird to spread butter on frosted strawberry Pop-Tarts. I don’t know how we got on the subject, we must’ve been talking about what we ate for breakfast as kids, but the husband was like what? You put butter on Pop-Tarts? He seemed shocked and disgusted, and I was suddenly self-conscious. Wasn’t that normal? [...]