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So Sweet -- and Dairy-Free!

Desserts can be delicious without the milk and butter

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Linda Morel

WHAT'S COOKING? With all the various restrictions, are decent desserts even possible during Passover? "My particular talent is working around restriction," replies Paula Shoyer, author of last year's The Kosher Baker: Over 160 Dairy-Free Recipes From Traditional to Trendy . Her cookbook contains a chapter on Passover baking, as well as many sensational recipes minus the flour or yeast --...

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Some Delightful Holiday Endings

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Louise Fiszer

BEYOND CHICKEN SOUP No sooner than the final crumbs of hamantashen are consumed, my attention turns to the next holiday and its desserts. What's helpful is that this part of the Passover seder meal can successfully be prepared beforehand and then frozen. The last thing I want to do on the days of heavy-duty Passover cooking is worry about putting...

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This Seder, Relish the Freedom!

Your meals can be limitless, thanks to a wealth of new products on the market

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Ethel Hofman

THE JEWISH KITCHEN Kosher for Passover -- that used to mean a very limited number of ingredients that could be used to prepare eight days of meals. Remembering my mother's super-brief ingredient list from our island home -- matzahs, matzah meal and olive oil -- and comparing it with my own contemporary list -- where Passover items range from breakfast...

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Forget the Fish? Not a Chance!

Still, here are some alternatives for the non-gefilte crowd

There are two fish camps when it comes to Pesach -- those who insist on serving gefilte fish and those who, well, wouldn't serve it if it were the last food on earth and Moshe was coming to the seder. I live in the "you can't eat enough of it" world; my husband, not so much. He lives in a...

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There Will Be Eggs

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Eileen Goltz

When you're celebrating Pesach, one thing is certain, there will be eggs. Some will get broken, others will be incorporated into "family favorite" recipes and others -- those special few that are chosen -- will be hard-cooked. One note of safety: Never ever microwave eggs in their shells. Steam builds up too quickly inside; they will explode and you will...