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Monday Morning Cooking Club

The Food, the Stories, the Sisterhood

by Merelyn Frank Chalmers, Natanya Eskin, Lauren Fink, Paula Horwitz, Jacqui Israel and Lisa Goldberg

Paperback, 271 pages, HarperCollins, List Price: $29.99 |

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From Down Under, A Paprikash To Warm You All Over

This paprikash recipe may be well-traveled — from Hungary to Australia — but its belly-warming comforts haven't changed a bit. Courtesy of HarperCollins hide caption

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From Down Under, A Paprikash To Warm You All Over

January 23, 2014 • Cold weather means "Mum's Rice Paprikash" for Merelyn Chalmers, a member of The Monday Morning Cooking Club. The club is dedicated to preserving recipes from Sydney's Jewish community. For our Found Recipes series, Chalmers shares the dish that she considers the ultimate comfort food.

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Prune Logs? Try Pastilla, One Family's Sweet Tradition

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Prune Logs? Try Pastilla, One Family's Sweet Tradition

November 29, 2013 • Made from prunes, walnuts, honey and shredded coconut, the bite-sized sweets can be served up with dark chocolate. This recipe, which belonged to a Russian Jewish family living in China, has made its way to a cooking group in Sydney, Australia.

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