Rosh Hashana
Jewish new year today, folks! Eat some apples and honey for me and enjoy this song. ❤ Hope you all have a good day, ~writefury
Jewish new year today, folks! Eat some apples and honey for me and enjoy this song. ❤ Hope you all have a good day, ~writefury
When you find yourself still chewing on/smiling about/ranting about a certain movie a week after watching it, it’s probably a good sign that you need to write a review. So, here you guys go. -bows- Me Before You: Movie Review Synopsis: Young and quirky Louisa “Lou” Clark (Emilia Clarke) moves from one job to the… Read More Me Before You: Movie Review
What do we have today? A short post. But it’s cookies. Cookies! So no one can be sad. Because everyone likes cookies. I’m fully aware that I make more cookies than is usual. But there’s no such thing as too many cookies. So enjoy a new recipe to try. -bows out- Peanut Butter Cookies… Read More Peanut Butter Cookies
Well, folks. Tonight is the holiday of Shavout, celebrating the giving of the torah at Mount Sinai. We stay up all night, we drink lots of coffee, we read the Bible… And we also eat heavenly cheesecake. So, I thought it would be a good day to share our family’s favorite homemade cheesecake recipe and… Read More Nerak’s Homemade Cheesecake
The months of December and January are birthday season around here. Five out of our family’s total ten birthdays are within the space of these two months, so we have a lot of birthday stuff going on around here. Though all of our little people have surprisingly good taste with birthday cakes (I mean, really.… Read More German Chocolate Chiffon Cake
And, after uncountable times of baking chocolate chip cookies, the writefury has finally streamlined the process down to under 10 minutes to getting the cookies into the oven. Because, who doesn’t want cookies faster, right? Here are the instructions to speedy chocolate chip cookies, complete with pictures: Ingredients: 1 cup (two cubes) butter 1… Read More Fast Chocolate Chip Cookies (with pictures!)
Little Boy: Movie Review Summary: When auto mechanic James Busbee is sent to fight the Japanese during World War II, he leaves behind his wife and two sons, London and Pepper. Pepper feels his father’s absence most keenly, and can’t wait for him to return home. An encounter with a magician and advice from… Read More Little Boy: Movie Review
It’s my little sister, Maggie’s, 1st birthday today! I thought that, in honor, the poem I put up about 6-week old her should get a re-post. 🙂 Maggie Chubby, grabbing hands Crinkled up nose Crooked, sweet smile Lips like a rose. Chubby little cheeks Brown eyes round She gives herself hiccups making cooing sounds.… Read More Happy Birthday, Maggie!
Hello, everyone! My mom and I made this pie this week for shabbat and it turned out really well. The vanilla bean in the custard is unbelievably good! Great call, Food Republic! Thought I’d share the recipe, so Enjoy! Banana Cream Pie Servings:1 (9-inch) pie Ingredients 3/4 cup sugar 3 tablespoons cornstarch 1/2 cup heavy… Read More Banana Cream Pie (Food Republic)
A really good recipe from a recipe website my family loves called Smitten Kitchen. Chocolate Babka Bread. It’s a jewish thing, so it would make a good Hanukkah treat. I like it a lot better hot, when the chocolate is all melty and everything. 🙂 Better Chocolate Babka Adapted from the Chocolate Krantz Cakes in Jerusalem:… Read More Chocolate Babka (Smitten Kitchen)