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Dear Peter,

Well, it’s time for my annual review of Passover foods. We’re only two days into Passover and already the matzah, eggs, and cheese have formed such a concretion in my stomach it’s showing through my pants. Here are some things I plan to put on top if it:

Shkedia Kosher for Passover Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans

I just ate, like, twenty of these. So good so good so good so good so good IthinkIneed toshavemyteethandtweezeoffmyeyebrows. Coffee beans!

 

Savion Cinnamon Matzo Snacks

This was the big loser this year. I can’t really blame the manufacturer — they’re exactly what it says they are: cinnamon matzo snacks. I guess I was expecting cinnamon sugar. There’s cinnamon, all right, but they’re not sweet at all. The effect is sort of like spiced acoustic tile. Won’t buy these again.

My Matzah Lasagne

Remember, early this year, when I got that infection on my ankle that was so bad I had to go to the hospital? That’s what this looks like.

-- Jenny

I Made This

I did however make this:

It's a sweet potato and Pecorino-Romano quiche.  I more or less made this up.  The quiche was a mistake -- I had been dreaming about making a nice, baked, egg-based dish, and I think I meant a frittata or a tortilla, but I told my friend Molly I would make quiche for a Japanese-themed brunch she was hosting.  Then I realized quiche means pie crust, which sounds like a hassle, doesn't it?  It turned out to be really easy.      

I freely adapted from this, which is the best cookbook.  Seriously, it's my favorite cookbook.  Joy of Cooking is good as a reference work and I do own a lot of other cookbooks (an inordinate number, really, for someone who rarely cooks), but this is the best one.  I used the recipe for Golden Cauliflower Quiche, but then I used sweet potatoes instead of cauliflower, because sweet potatoes seemed more Japanese; the Pecorino-Romano instead of Longhorn Cheddar, to offset the sweetness of the potatoes; plain yogurt instead of mayonnaise because mayonnaise in a quiche is just gross.  -- Pete