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Challah

Challah

We eat round challah during Rosh Hashana (the Jewish new year). This recipe is adapted from Le Cordon Bleu trained chef Rana W. Lustyan and makes 1 large challah.

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Cheese and Olive Bread

Cheese and Olive Bread

This bread is adapted from Martha Stewart’s recipe. As she says “there is no need to knead this bread!” However, the dough has to rise for at least 12 hours before baking.

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Chocolate Brownie

Chocolate Brownie

Adapted from Jamie Oliver’s recipe – I substituted monk fruit for castor sugar and reduced the amount of butter by half.

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Focaccia

Focaccia

This is an easy recipe for delicious Italian bread. This recipe also can be used for pizza dough.

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Gluten-free Pomegranate Cupcakes

Gluten-free Pomegranate Cupcakes

I was inspired by Leyla of Cooking with Leyla to make Pomegranate cupcakes for Yalda (Winter Solstice) and for Hanukah (Chanukah) – (The Festival of Lights). Leyla’s recipe uses all purpose flour, wheat flour and milk.

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Cuisine along the Silk Road.

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Kate Spade

Kate Spade

Katherine Noel Brosnahan was an American fashion designer and entrepreneur. She was the founder and former co-owner of the designer brand Kate Spade New York.

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Gianni Versace

Gianni Versace

Giovanni Maria Versace was the son of a seamstress born in Calabria, Italy’s deep south in December 1946. Gianni’s mother, Franca, became known as Reggio’s best dressmaker and was his mentor. Donatella was born in May 1955.

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Maria Grazia Chiuri

Maria Grazia Chiuri

Italian fashion designer, Maria Grazia Chiuri, is the first female artistic director of women’s couture at Dior – the first woman to hold the creative reins in Dior‘s 70 year history.

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Cuisine along the Silk Road.