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Summer vacation

For me, summer is Hornbaek, Denmark. My grandparents Bella and Oskar’s red summer house or Sommer Hus in Danish.

The corner garden, the..

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3-2-1 and an egg

I don’t remember as a child baking with my mom but I remember being a lot in the kitchen. I remember experimenting and that my mom always..

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Passover

I love Passover. It’s the combination between spring, cleaning, new clothes and family that makes it so unique.

Living far away from..

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Small Treats, Big Pleasures

Oskar, my grandfather (mother’s father) was one of the most humble, loving people I’ve ever met.


Oskar

He passed away many years ago..

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Appreciation

It has been too long. Life is busy and running around all day does not leave much time to absorb it all and write.

Thursday night I was..

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Savta (Grandma) Esther

Savta Esther was my husband, Roy,  grandmother. I never got to meet her but I feel that I know her. She was born in Egypt and made..

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The Vanilla Cupcake

I believe it all started with the perfect vanilla cupcake.

The first cupcake. Light yellow, tasty, heavenly smell.

Everybody loved the..

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