I love how a tradition can help us “time travel”. My daughter mentioned this idea when we were baking 🙂 I love feeling in kinship with the makers and eaters of biscochos. Thank you for the journey.
This “cookie” sounds interesting. As I’m searching into my family ancestry, I couldn’t agree more with cbenforado, in that the sharing of family recipes and teaching the younger generations how to make those receipts, can help them “time travel”.
I thought I replied to this, but it didn’t show up (I think). I agree about time travel, and I have no doubt that you pass on family traditions to your nieces and nephews.
Thank you on so many levels for this story. Not only for the immigrant experience that it shared, but also about the cookies which look so yummy.
I also have a Jewish background. My mothers’ mother and father fled Romania, in a similar circumstance after World War 1, as children, with my great grandparents. Unfortunately, I do not know much about the back story or history. I wish that I did. When I was growing up my mother didn’t speak that much about this. Thank you for bringing these important stories to light, especially seeing how immigrants to this country, are once again front and center.
Thanks for those thoughts. I knew you were Jewish, but didn’t know about the Romanian aspect. Jews have such a history of fleeing. I’m sorry you lost your stories. Maybe you retrieved a recipe or two?
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I love how a tradition can help us “time travel”. My daughter mentioned this idea when we were baking 🙂 I love feeling in kinship with the makers and eaters of biscochos. Thank you for the journey.
Hi CB, Thanks for the thoughtful comment. I felt the same way.
This “cookie” sounds interesting. As I’m searching into my family ancestry, I couldn’t agree more with cbenforado, in that the sharing of family recipes and teaching the younger generations how to make those receipts, can help them “time travel”.
Hi Kathy,
I thought I replied to this, but it didn’t show up (I think). I agree about time travel, and I have no doubt that you pass on family traditions to your nieces and nephews.
I appreciate all the motion in these illustrations…..the ship, the flow of the family tree, rolling the dough and so on.
my favorite frame is the Sephardic history. So clever to do those without words.
And wonderful story telling Caroline. This needs to go into the family legend book! What a treasure. ❤️
Hi Marianne, Thanks for the feedback! As always you give the movie director’s version, which sees things large and small that I missed.
this is wonderful – I’d love to share some through Jewish unity through diversity institute info@unitytdiversity.com
Hi Drora,
Thank you for writing. I’d love it if you could share my blog with others!
-Caroline
Thank you on so many levels for this story. Not only for the immigrant experience that it shared, but also about the cookies which look so yummy.
I also have a Jewish background. My mothers’ mother and father fled Romania, in a similar circumstance after World War 1, as children, with my great grandparents. Unfortunately, I do not know much about the back story or history. I wish that I did. When I was growing up my mother didn’t speak that much about this. Thank you for bringing these important stories to light, especially seeing how immigrants to this country, are once again front and center.
Thanks for those thoughts. I knew you were Jewish, but didn’t know about the Romanian aspect. Jews have such a history of fleeing. I’m sorry you lost your stories. Maybe you retrieved a recipe or two?