• Food

    Noodle Kugel

    How many kugels do we need? Six? Seven?? Courtesy of Sh*t Frum Girls Say, we must always consider whether we have enough kugels for Shabbat. Of course, kugel quality has a broad…

  • Food

    Moroccan Meatball Tagine

    In an effort to cut down on our beef consumption after reading “Kosher USA”, a culinary history book, I adapted this recipe for turkey from the kosher cookbook “Entrée to Judaism”. The…

  • Food

    Double Chocolate Torte

    For me, Thanksgiving is all about fall fruits. I love apples, pears, pumpkin, sweet potato, squash… in every course, from soup through dessert. This year being the first Rich and I have…

  • DIY

    The Clean Room

    The final piece has fallen into place. Late last month, Baird Brothers delivered two hundred pounds of wood to our front door. On top lay the behemoth 127 inch maple top destined for our…

  • DIY

    Chewie, We’re Home

    It’s been a long time coming. What began in the summer of 2016 as the first (major) project in our new home is finally complete. Log cabin turned modern living. Dirty cave turned…

  • DIY

    Hannah’s Custom Space

    Part two of our mudroom/laundry renovation took us to The Container Store more times than a sane person should visit a warehouse full of boxes. A major component of any good mudroom…

  • DIY

    The Gentleman’s Water Closet

    In late March, we began down the road of forever changing our recently acquired home. To be perfectly honest, this process had begun many months prior, but after receiving some pretty ludicrous…

  • Food

    Plum Crumb

    Hannah’s not sure how she came across this recipe, but it is the perfect stone fruit dessert, especially for a meat meal. Because the fat (i.e. butter or margarine) is melted, you…

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    From Farmhouse to Table

    Thanks to a five month old gift certificate, we recently dined at The Farmhouse for far less than we would have spent anywhere else. A twenty minute walk from our home, The Farmhouse…