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Almond Sables

Courtesy of Alice Medrich, Chewy Gooey Crispy Crunchy Melt-In-Your-Mouth Cookies Alice Medrich is perhaps best known as the woman who introduced the mouth-melting traditional chocolate

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Persian Steamed Rice (Chelo)

  Adapted from Dorothy McNett’s Recipe Book at www.dorothymcnett.com. This is the traditional Iranian method of cooking long grain rice. There are a number of ways

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Almond Macaroons

 Courtesy of Beth Hensperger Macaroons, or amaretti, are a traditional Seder dessert usually bought from a bakery or in vacum-packed can. The homemade version is

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Passover Treats

Passover Treats For anyone who is allergic to wheat, most Passover desserts are a great find. Amonds, potato or tapioca starch and eggs are the

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Coconut Tapioca Pudding

Courtesy of David Lebovitz, Ready for Dessert David says that this is not so much pudding consistency, but more like sticky rice.  If you would

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Norwegian Toscakake

Courtesy of Pat Sinclair, Classic Scandinavian Baking Pat says, “To Scandinavians, “tosca” means a layer of sliced almonds covered with a buttery caramel topping.  The

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Sables

This is an adaption of Dorie Greenspan’s master recipe for Sables. A delicious, buttery cookie, this is the French version of shortbread.  It lends itself

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