January 25, 2010

Reader Interview: Ilana-Davita

Welcome Ilana-Davita from France for this week’s reader interview:

1. Name, location, family: Ilana-Davita, France, me and my partner whose grown-up kids have left the house.
2. What do you remember about family meals when you were growing up? What was your mother’s cooking style? (If she did the cooking of course.) Were you involved? My mother loved cooking, she still does, and she was an example to me. Even now whenever she goes to the hairdresser,’s she looks at the magazines and copies recipes that she will adapt. She never follows a recipe to the letter.

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January 18, 2010

Reader Interview: Fern Richardson

Please welcome reader Fern Richardson, author of the excellent urban gardening blog Life on the Balcony. Name, location, family: Fern Richardson; Fullerton, California; Husband & four cats What was your mother’s cooking style? My family very rarely ate meals at home, and when we did it was one of a handful of meals (fish sticks, […]

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January 11, 2010

From Tuna Surprise to Persian Chicken: Interview with Ariela

1. Name, location, family: Ariela Gordon-Shaag, 42, Yishuv Alon, Israel. My husband is DH (dear hubby), a 7th generation Jerusalemite and we have 5 kids: N (boy -15), R (girl -14), A (boy – 12), N (girl – 7) and E (boy 2.5)

2. What do you remember about family meals when you were growing up? What was your mother’s cooking style? Dinners were made using canned soup as a main ingredient. My mother’s specialty was Tuna Surprise – the surprise being that it does not have tuna in it.

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January 4, 2010

Gefilte Fish Recipe and Interview with Reader Chana Rogow-Futch

Please welcome Chana, also known as Cecelia Futch, the second in a series of interviews with readers of Cooking Manager. She’s a friend of Tikva, who was interviewed last week.

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December 28, 2009

Borekas: Interview with Tikva Sasson

Welcome to my first interview with readers of Cooking Manager. Thanks to victim volunteer Tikva Sasson, who blogs at Aliyah Lift.
# Please tell us about yourself and your family. Tikva Sasson, Ma’alot, Israel. I’m 41, Yitzhak, 43 – kids Shem Tov, 19, Bracha 17, Esther 14 and Nissim 8.
# What do you remember about family meals when you were growing up? What was your mother’s cooking style (if she did the cooking)?

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