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Mama Mia!

Make way for everyone's favorite -- pizza night

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Keri Fisher, JE Feature

Pizza night is a tradition in many households, a night reserved for takeout or delivery. But why not start a new tradition and make your own pizza at home? I won't lie and say it's as easy as picking up the phone, but it's also not as nearly as difficult as many people think. Pizza dough is yeasted, like most...

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Check Out the Chocolate!

It's May, folks. Know what that means? It's time for chocolate! (Well, isn't it always?) For Mother's Day, do something different and dig into this recipe, courtesy of Philadelphia's own Metropolitan Bakery ( www.metropolitanbakery.com ). This isn't really so difficult to make. And let the kids help out; little ones can measure the dry ingredients, and older children can learn...

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A Little Something

Make that a big something -- tapas rock!

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Linda Morel, JE Feature

Appetizers are my family's favorite part of dinner. From there, we could go straight to dessert. So it's not surprising that my husband and I fell in love with tapas years ago when visiting our daughter, who was spending the spring of her junior year in college in Madrid. Hailing from Andalusia, in southernmost Spain, tapas are appetizers once given...

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Signs of Spring

It's all about the green and the red

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Eileen Goltz, Jewish Exponent Feature

SLICE OF LIFE For me, the official marker of spring is when the price of asparagus falls below $1 a pound, and strawberries are the size of golf balls, yet cost less than a round of golf. With the chill of winter now a distant memory, it might be a good time to look at our friends the strawberry and...

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Spread the Independence

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Keri Fisher, Jewish Exponent Feature

What better way to celebrate Israel's independence and the start of spring than with this easy-to-prepare picnic menu? All the dishes can be made ahead of time, packed into containers and carried with you wherever you go. Start with hummus, which comes together in minutes in the bowl of your food processor. Keep the basics -- like chick peas and...