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      • Loquat peach waffles
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      • Matzo balls with vegetable soup and Middle Eastern spices
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      • My mom's charoset
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      • Carrot pumpkin soup with ginger and cilantro
      • New photo-based archive of posts and recipes
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      • Crunchy tofu stir-fry in soy-maple sauce
      • Strawberry spice ice cream
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      • Crayon-box vegetables with crispy herbs
      • Winter salad with beet, citrus and snow peas
      • Pasta with purple cauliflower and walnut cream sauce
      • Tomato salad with purple onion and pepper
      • Purple potato salad with lemon and cilantro
      • Soup with purple cauliflower and blue cheddar
      • Saturday brunch: Lahoh, purple salad with ginger-dill dressing and more
      • Purple food week
      • Rose pasta sauce with capers and cheese
      • Do-it-yourself olives, part 2
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      • Latke bonanza, part 2
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      • Latke bonanza
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      • Onion vegetable soup
      • Pappardelle with pumpkin seed oil and herbs
      • Cardamom coffee, or whatever the הל you call it
      • Singapore-style noodles
      • Cheesy stuffed peppers
      • Mango sticky rice
      • Fasoulyas (green beans)
      • Oatmeal date crumb loaf
      • Chili cornbread pie
      • No-cook noodle bowl
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      • Coconut pumpkin soup
      • Do-it-yourself olives
      • Sweet and sour tempeh
      • Green beans in soy sauce and sesame
      • Green curry
      • Garlicky potato salad
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