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- Food: Have faith in these dessert recipes, for Passover and beyond
- April 5, 2012
- While my relatives looked forward to enjoying family favorites like chopped liver and gefilte fish in early April, they spoke about my bland and dry-as-dust Passover cake, when they mentioned it at all, with resignation and even dread. Instead of baking unexciting, if traditional, Passover cakes, I started to look for flourless desserts that were so good they were enjoyed year-round by diners of every faith.
- Food: A strawberry-apricot tart to get ready for spring
- April 5, 2012
- Like the traditional French tarte tatin, this spring pastry has caramelized fruit cooked on the stove. It then is topped with a pastry, baked and flipped out of the pan.
- Food: Simple, speedy popovers work for breakfast, too
- 07:48 p.m., April 5, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on A18
- Dessert is an uncommon offering in my house, though not due to any we’re-too-healthy-for-that ethic. Rather, the typical day of work and errands and chasing a child tend to leave me with little time to consider dessert.
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What do you think about a proposed ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants, bars and workplaces?
As much as I hate government interfering with our lives, I love the smoking ban. Going out in Lawrence is so nice without smelling cigarette smoke at your table while eating.
