Family History

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Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Šarkelj (Slovenian Gugelhupf) for the Fourth of July!

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A Fourth of July celebration might seem like an unlikely occasion to introduce a new Slovenian dish. But our annual neighborhood gatherin...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Poppy Seed Apple Cakes

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I first tasted this unusual sweet last May, at a party at San Francisco's Slovenian Hall. It was the end-of-the-ye...
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Friday, February 1, 2019

The New Improved Slovenian Potato Bread: Krompirjev Kruh

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I first made potato bread more than six years ago, toward the end of 2012, my inaugural year of Slovenian cooking. It was part of my ques...
Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Yugoslavian Christmas Cookies: Long Overdue!

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This post is long overdue, although not as belated as my discovery of this new holiday favorite! Last December , I finally took a chanc...
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Saturday, September 8, 2018

A Spicy New Honey Cake for a Sweeter New Year

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Last fall, I didn't make honey cake for the Jewish holidays. It was a sad season that marked the beginning of a very hard year. Firs...
Sunday, May 20, 2018

"Grade A" Potato Salad: An Exercise in Translation and Cooking

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This is a "by the book" recipe. But not the kind of book you'd expect. I discovered it in Naprej pa v slovenščini , th...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Gathering with Intention: A Dinner to Remember My Mother

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In February, two days after my mother  died, I called the spiritual care counselor from the Hospice team, just to talk a ...
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