Joan Kekst's life-long mission has been to inform students and readers of the Kosher foods of tradional Jewish customs and ceremonies. To that end she has spent years teaching and writing about Kosher food and Jewish holiday cooking, including Passover Cookery: In the Kitchen with Joan Kekst.

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by Joan Kekst

Over twenty years ago, I went to my mother-in-law's house to help her pack away the Passover dishes after the annual holiday.

As we closed the last box, she turned to me and said, "Okay, put them in your car. It's your turn, from now on." I proudly toted home the ancient dishes, pots, pans, and miscellaneous Passover stuff. My husband and I sadly noted the end of an era as I stored the boxes with my grandmother's smaller, even more antique collection. [more]

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