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My Passover blog is finally up and running!

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I have to be honest and say that for a full two years I have been wanting to write a blog that had something to do with my love for food. But what specifically? Every day on my to-do list was written “Write Blog!”, but having to take care of two small children full time has made starting anything new quite difficult. A few months ago I started to think about the blog again more seriously, and then the topic came to me — why not write a blog to match the other project on my list: “Finish Passover Cookbook!”? And so here I am, posting my first entry in a blog ever about Sephardic Passover food, traditions, and memories. For now I only have a couple of hours a day (usually during my kids’ naptime!) to do everything else that needs to get done (emails, laundry, dinner, cleaning, work stuff…), but I will do my best to keep to my blog as regularly as possible.

Why a cookbook, and now blog dedicated solely to a Sephardic/Middle Eastern Passover?
Just as Thanksgiving is the most popular holiday enjoyed in the United States by Americans of all backgrounds (a billion-dollar industry with thousands of cookbooks around one food holiday alone!), Passover is the most popular and loved of all holidays in the Jewish calendar celebrated by Jews from all streams of Judaism. While most Jewish holidays have special foods associated with their celebration, the commandment to eat special foods (such as the unleavened “cracker-bread” called matzah) or reject others (such as basic leavened bread), or consume symbolic foods as part of the seder meal (such as sweet charoset representing the freedom of our enslaved ancestors), gives food a central role in the holiday’s observance. Passover is also unique in that the holiday service takes place with family and friends of all generations sitting around a big table (or two) at home, as opposed to observing the holiday in a synagogue. As a result, seder customs and menus have become more elaborate and adventurous over the last ten years, with many families looking for new and alternative ways to weave in their old family traditions with more exotic and creative ones. For all of these reasons and more I felt it was necessary to not only write a cookbook that gathered all of the many delicious and exotic Sephardic Passover recipes from all over the world, but one that served as a reference-guidebook for the various traditions that went along with them as well. Most importantly, I wanted a book that preserved these traditions and special memories that are being lost with every generation.

My decision to now write a blog that is dedicated to Middle Eastern/Sephardic Passover dishes, customs, traditions, and memories is to motivate me to continue and complete my Passover cookbook. I also need a platform to connect with others who may want to comment on what I have written, or even contribute recipes and their own memories and rituals associated with the holiday. It is my hope that through this blog I will bring together and preserve various Passover dishes with their stories that are in danger of being lost over the generations. It is also my hope that I will be inspired to create new traditions and recipes based on what I learn about in my virtual travels through time, country,
and community.

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2 Comments

on My Passover blog is finally up and running!.
  1. Karina
    February 20, 2013 @ 5:51 pm
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    What a wonderful blog! I’m so excited to read all about your food adventures.

  2. Linda Zeltner
    March 13, 2013 @ 12:27 pm
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    Just took your cooking class at ICE yestersday – loved it. I am working on a great contact for you – a grandmother and great- grandmother, born in Iran/Persia.

    Will be in touch

jenniferabadi

A beautiful day for the annual Greek Jewish festiv A beautiful day for the annual Greek Jewish festival on the Lower East Side, organized by Kehila Kedosha Janina synagogue. Nice to see Sarah Aroeste and Susan Barocas at the Savor table and nosh on sesame candies. I even got to sign a few copies of my cookbooks « A Fistful of Lentils » and « Too Good To Passover » at the cookbook table!

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Join me and other women chefs from around the worl Join me and other women chefs from around the world for the “Savor: A Sephardic Music & Food Experience” virtual release party on SUNDAY, APRIL 23.

This is a multisensory way to learn about and experience Sephardic culture and history. Ten songs about food on the latest album by singer Sarah Aroeste are paired with recipes and cooking videos by women chefs from around the world including me. I'm so proud to be part of Savor! 

Find out more and pre-order the whole package of music, recipes and videos at savorexperience.com. 

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Just because Passover is over doesn’t mean that Just because Passover is over doesn’t mean that we have stopped celebrating! In North African Jewish communities special breads are prepared to mark the end of the 8-day bread “fast” during a festival called Mimouna. 

Here is an example of a Libyan yeast bread with olive oil and fennel seeds called La Mimuna (like the name of the holiday itself). The hard boiled egg in the center represents fertility, the cycle of life, and new beginnings. The breads are reminiscent of special braided breads prepared for Easter by neighboring Christian communities. 
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What we all look forward to: matzah brei for break What we all look forward to: matzah brei for breakfast! Need to buy more eggs…
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The best crafts are ones you can eat later.
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Open-faced Hillel sandwich. . . “Too Good To Pa Open-faced Hillel sandwich. 
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Passover 5783 has arrived. . “Too Good To Passo Passover 5783 has arrived.
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Matzah farfola? Kosher for Passover granola. “ Matzah farfola? Kosher for Passover granola. 

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Macaroons made ahead and frozen for Passover! Fr Macaroons made ahead and frozen for Passover! 

From “Too Good To Passover” cookbook:

Syrian pistachio macaroons with orange blossom water (page 396)

Italian almond-pignoli macaroons (page 616)

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Vicki still has her great-grandmother Vida’s ori Vicki still has her great-grandmother Vida’s original burmelos pan from Monastir (today the city of Bitola) in the Republic of Macedonia. Her great-grandmother was Greek from Salonika (now Thessaloniki) but moved to Monastir to marry Vicki’s great-grandfather and join the Ladino-speaking Sephardic community. At the time the city was a part of the Ottoman Empire.

For a Passover burmuelos/bimuelos/bumuelos recipe check out my cookbook “Too Good To Passover” and look for the Greek, Turkish, and Bulgarian chapters!

Link in bio to my new website for upcoming Passover prep lessons and to purchase my cookbook.

“Too Good To Passover” is available on Amazon in the U.S. Canada, Europe, and Japan.
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