This piece has been rewritten and edited, emailed and critiqued more times than I can remember. This is the 2015 version. Since it was the first post I published on melindablau.com, it seemed fitting to trot it out again for this site’s resurrection! January 8, 2015. For weeks, I agonized about this first post. And […]
Kugel and Pork
Conventional wisdom dictates that headlines should not be obscure or cute. If “Kugel and Pork” leaves you wondering what this piece is about, I apologize. I just couldn’t resist. I have an affinity to such pairings. Once I commissioned a photographer to do a shoot using challah and a jar of Hellman’s — a wedding gift […]
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