When I last talked with Deborah Leebove, daughter of Joyce Foster (the former city councilwoman who is now a state senator), she'd just reached the finals of the third annual Simply Manischewitz Cook-Off.And now Leebove, pictured here with her entry, elaborates on the experience: "I desperately wanted a new kitchen," she says, pointing out that the
winner of the contest received a kitchen setup from GE. "With an oven
from 1979 and a refrigerator the color of brown mustard, entering the
Simply
Lester and Maria Rodzen offer a taste of Poland at Cracovia.Bigos. Flaki. Czerwony barszcz, with or without uszka. Kapusniak. Pyzy, placek and kiszka.
I'm pretty good with languages, particularly on my favorite conversational topics of food, kitchens and cooks. My pronunciation might be embarrassingly bad, but I can say "please," ask after individual ingredients, order, appreciate and offer thanks with a modicum of confidence in German, Russian, French and Vietnamese. In Spanish, I can do a
