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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.

Melon memories: The third question

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Onecakebaker

http://www.etzchayim.org/documents/sederflyer2008r1PDF.pdf

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Back to Saul’s!

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Onecakebaker

Went back to Saul’s for more blintzes. They were great, this time they had Meyer lemon peel in the cheese filling.Yum.

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It’s the Year of the Potato

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Onecakebaker

Potatoes and Pot Bellies “You know, there’s no such thing as a good potato,” my friend Jess told me a couple of years ago, after talking to a doctor about a new understanding of diet and disease called Syndrome X. … Continue reading →

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International Year of the Potato, How about that?

Posted on February 21, 2008 by Onecakebaker

http://www.potato2008.org/en/index.html I read in US News and World Report, and saw it on the UN website and it is true, October 18, 2007, marked the beginning of the International Year of the Potato.Whoo Hoo! There are monuments going up all … Continue reading →

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The One True Cake

Posted on February 8, 2008 by Onecakebaker

One cake to rule them allOne cake to find themOne cake to eat with milkAnd at the table, bind them In the land of Momma where the memories grow

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A New Motto–Humble sentiment, expressed in pompous writing

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Onecakebaker

I just finished “Comfort me with Apples,” by Ruth Reichl, and it has given me a new motto.The setting is Barcelona; the circumstance is that Reichl has just suffered through losing a baby she and her husband had adopted, and … Continue reading →

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Feeding the Frenzied Shark Fans

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Onecakebaker

So, why would anyone eat dinner at the San Jose Arena? I’ve been doing it for over 14 years, and, if the lines are any indication, so have a lot of other people. I started having dinner at the Arena … Continue reading →

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Humane or fascist?

Posted on January 22, 2008 by Onecakebaker

At a Farmer’s Market on Sunday, I was accosted by a nice lady from the Humane Society that wanted me to sign a petition to get an initiative on the ballot regarding living conditions for farm animals. I told her … Continue reading →

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Food Review of the San Jose Arena

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Onecakebaker

Aside from home, the place I eat most often, especially during hockey season, is the San Jose Arena, aka the Tank, or the HP Pavillion, or Compaq Pavillion or Center or HUGE ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY or whatever else they are calling … Continue reading →

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Food and Funerals

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Onecakebaker

I have a friend, call him Bruce. Bruce’s father died a year ago, and instead of being buried, he was put in a mausoleum. This is called being encrypted. This led me to write a joke: “My friend’s father died, … Continue reading →

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