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On the chemistry of cultural memory
Dec 31, 2025
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The city of Ashkenazi angels
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Cheesecake and Cicero
On secular liturgy, and food as kosmopolitan glue
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#Recipe 4: Chopped Liver
And a note to self: purchase a cleaver
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#Recipe 3: Red Mullet, Wild Garlic & White Asparagus
A new Passover tradition
Apr 22, 2024
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#Recipe 2: Apricot Chicken with White Pepper, Vin Jaune, and Dill
A version of my grandmother's take on a retro dish
Mar 13, 2024
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Experience eclipses fantasy
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