Defending Treyf

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A Jew who isn’t afraid to proclaim his love for forbidden foods.

Noshin’ Recipe: Every New Year Needs Apple Pie

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This treat screams love — like warm-hugs-from-your-mom-when-you-came-home-from-elementary-school love. Love that accepts you in sweatpants — in public. It says “I don’t need to impress you, I know you love me already (with or without this pie).” And that’s the way I want to start my new year — with some unconditional love. And pie.

Noshin’ Recipe: Sweet Potato Latkes

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Do you smell that? Oh yes you do! It’s the smell of delicious things frying in the kitchen! Hanukkah isn’t just the festival of light, it’s the festival of light because it’s really the festival of oil.

Noshin’ Recipe: Mexican Chocolate Cupcakes

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Three reasons why you should care about Cinco de Mayo: it’s a bigger party than your little brother’s bar mitzvah, it’s a Twin Cities tradition, and it’s a great excuse to make this flabbergastingly fantastic (and easy!) cake for all your pals.

Noshin’ Recipe: Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie

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And so I bake. I think of dish after dish and dessert after dessert that my dad would have wanted, foods we talked about making — kaddish through food, if you will. And Strawberry-rhubarb pie was one of his favorites.