xoxo Adeena

1 week ago | adeenasussman.substack.com | Adeena Sussman

An occasional schmooze with someone I think you should know more about. An occasional schmooze with someone I think you should know more about.

2 weeks ago | adeenasussman.substack.com | Adeena Sussman

If you’ve ever been to Rome and gone on a Jewish tour of the ancient ghetto (Rome has the second-oldest continuous Jewish community–over 2000 years old– after Israel) chances are you’ve met the unofficial mayor of Jewish Rome, Micaela Pavoncello (@jewish_roma on Instagram). A radiant, energetic spark plug of a human being, Roman-born Micaela first came onto my radar after my dad and stepmom took a tour of Rome with her many years ago. xoxo Adeena is a reader-supported publication.

3 weeks ago | adeenasussman.substack.com | Adeena Sussman

I haven’t made a pasta primavera since high school. There’s no good reason why; I just found many other pasta dishes that beguiled me, and I moved on. Primavera has a distinctly 80s-90s aura about it–we were in an era of “discovering” Italian food in the USA (though I am not sure how authentically Italian–but rather Italian-American–primavera is.

1 month ago | adeenasussman.substack.com | Adeena Sussman

Passover desserts have come a long way. In my 1970s childhood in the kosher desert (definitely not dessert) that was Palo Alto, CA, the options were few and far between: Fruit gels in their plastic molded trays, cans of macaroons, and Barton’s candies (including the mythical Almond Kisses, a chewy chocolate caramel wrapped around a toasted almond, a confection whose quality deteriorated to a shadow of its former self. See my version below) that we ordered through my Jewish day school.

1 month ago | adeenasussman.substack.com | Adeena Sussman

It’s been a couple of weeks since I got back from my weekslong trip to the U.S, where I had events in Miami (three!), Chicago, Jackson Hole, Palo Alto, and New York. These speaking tours are always a thrill (a little exhausting at points, but that’s sort of part of the fun) as I talk about my work, cooking, life in Israel, and how I got to where I am today.