If you ask an Ashkenazi Jew (of Eastern/Central European origin, most American Jews) the recipe for charoset, you will generally get one answer: chopped apples, honey, wine, nuts (walnuts and pecans are popular), and (often) cinnamon. This version is so popular that many Haggadahs list it as such and I’ve had Jews tell me it [...]
Categories: Desserts · Food · Judaism · Passover · Recipes · Religion & Holidays · Spreads & Dips
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, jewish food, photos-family, photos-food, raw food, vegan, vegetarian
This year, I made my own Passover matzoh. Why on earth? Because Miriam and I don’t do well with gluten (we can cheat once in a while, but not two days in a row). So I wanted it to be gluten-free. Matzoh (aka matzah, matza, matzo) used during a Passover seder must come from one [...]
Categories: Food · Grains · Judaism · Passover · Recipes · Religion & Holidays
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, jewish food, photos-family, photos-food, vegan, vegetarian
Multiple chemical sensitivity is a lovely disease. With a lot of other disabilities, the issue of access is simply that: getting in. With MCS, it’s all about survival. Like anyone else who doesn’t remain homebound, I get whammed once in a while. Depending on what the chemical is, I’m usually okay after a few minutes [...]
Categories: Family Life · Health · Judaism · Religion & Holidays
Tags: · cosmetics, MCS
For dinner tonight I made a simple but elegant meal. Each item wasn’t hard to make, though having four of them took more time. The details make a difference too. Nicer plates, eating at the dining room table (something we should do every night, but don’t), using wine glasses. Miriam and I went to Whole [...]
Categories: Family Life · Food · Food Commentary · Main Dishes · Meals & Events · Recipes · Religion & Holidays · Valentine's Day · Vegetable Dishes
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, lowcarb, photos-family, photos-food, raw food, seafood
Most of our Thanksgiving dinners are in the community room of Ecology House, an 11-unit government (HUD) complex for people disabled with chemical sensitivity. Every year, with the help of the Environmental Health Network, the residents there host a (supplemented) potluck dinner for the entire chemical sensitivity community. It’s great fun. I share the disability [...]
Categories: Food · Living Spaces · Meals & Events · Places to Go · Religion & Holidays · Thanksgiving
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, lowcarb, marin county, photos-family, photos-food, photos-friends, photos-places, vegan, vegetarian
Why is this recipe listed under Chanukah? Because my daughter can’t have chocolate and I wanted an alternative for dreidle gelt. I promised her we’d made cookies for Chanukah (we eat very few traditional sweets). The cookies are gold like gelt with golden raisins and jeweled cranberries. It was too messy to actually use cookies [...]
Categories: Chanukah · Desserts · Recipes · Religion & Holidays
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, photos-food, vegan, vegetarian
Your traditional latkes are grated potato, diced onion, egg, matzoh meal, and seasoning all mixed together and fried in olive oil. But what do you do when all you can eat is fried salt and pepper? Well, alternative latkes have always been part of the tradition: despite what many think, it’s not just about potato [...]
Categories: Chanukah · Recipes · Religion & Holidays · Vegetable Dishes
Tags: · dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, jewish food, lowcarb, photos-food, vegan, vegetarian
