Honoring A Partner’s Roots/Making Peace with the Past “It’s Easter,” I say to my partner. Ours is an “interfaith” marriage. “Let’s take a walk to Saint-Sulpice. You can light a candle.“ My partner has a checkered relationship with the religion of her youth. But this is a holiday, and Saint-Sulpice is the second largest […]
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 […]