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About Onecakebaker

Author of a memoir called The Girl On the Wall, and working on a novel. Former Synagogue president, gardener, empty nester. Raising bees.

What to serve with latkes?

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Onecakebaker

Two crockpots full of Kosher Meatballs and a Pot of Leafy Vegetable Stew Beef Meatballs 4 lbs ground beef (15 percent fat)2 small onions, chopped4 eggs1 cup breadcrumbs1/2 tsp pepper In two batches, because this is too much stuff for … Continue reading →

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Macaroni and Cheese

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Onecakebaker

On the day after Thanksgiving, I showed two of my son’s friends how to make Macaroni and Cheese. Real Mac and Cheese–white sauce, breadcrumbs, baking, the whole deal. It took an hour, as real Mac and Cheese tends to do, … Continue reading →

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Frittatas

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Onecakebaker

Made 3 frittatas, with 8 eggs each, for the Staff appreciation brunch Nov. 12. Very healthy. Very low-fat. Very pretty.

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Whoa, it has been awhile!

Posted on November 30, 2008 by Onecakebaker

I’m still on Weight Watchers. I’ve lost 21 pounds, and I’m sort of stuck on that plateau. But life goes on. I’m VP Hospitality for the Palo Alto PTA Council, and cooked a lot of food for the Staff Appreciation … Continue reading →

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Weight Watchers and the Food Blogger

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Onecakebaker

I’ve been on Weight Watchers for the past month. I have lost 10 pounds, but lost my will to cook. So, except for meditations on flaxseed meal as a substitute for eggs, and the merits of hummus made with minimal … Continue reading →

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Robot Mom

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Onecakebaker

Guest Opinion: Working together is not just a robotic thingappeared in the Palo Alto Weekly, April 9, 2008by Preeva Tramiel I am a robot mom. My sons have been building robots for so long it looks like Fry’s, Halted and … Continue reading →

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Chocolate brands in Healthy Cookies

Posted on June 26, 2008 by Onecakebaker

I baked a double batch of Buckwheat Chocolate Chunk cookies yesterday, and for fun I added Scharffen Berger Chocolate to one batch, and Ghirardelli Chocolate to the other. They were both good, but different.The Scharffen Berger chocolate costs more per … Continue reading →

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Successful Second Seder Menu for 20

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Onecakebaker

The menu, which served 20 guests, ranging from age 17 to 91, very well, and generated ALMOST NO LEFTOVERS:(omygosh, did they have enough?)Chicken Soup with Matza Balls (2 gallons of soup, 50 matzo balls, see last post for matza balls, … Continue reading →

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Matzo Ball memories

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Onecakebaker

Floaters or Sinkers? In the sad degradation of Passover tradition that happens when parents get older and children move out, in these downbeat latter days when there is no one young enough to sing the Four Questions without embarrassment, and … Continue reading →

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Mama’s soup

Posted on March 20, 2008 by Onecakebaker

When I was 7, soup came from soup tubes. Not soup CUBES, soup TUBES. That is what my mother called the narrow cylindrical packets of dried grains that Manishewitz (I think) sold. The company called these packages soup mixes, but … Continue reading →

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