My knitting friends will be familiar with the term. It’s an acronym for Stash Amassed Beyond Life Expectancy and it now applies to my cookbook collection.

This past week I have been  cooking up Jewish delicacies in celebration of my Jewish heritage and served at my father’s birthday. I am now looking to acquire a regular repertoire of recipes, which of course requires research (thanks neighbours) and cookbooks.

My cookbook collection gets regular culling but is now completely beyond my life expectancy. I can only hope that Nicholas starts reading them and sharing the research load with me.

My waist line has increased by 2 inches with all of the schmaltz that I have been using and no one leaves my house without groaning. I am becoming a good Yiddshe Mama.

I baked a beautiful 6 strand challah and I’m hooked. I feel a Friday morning baking ritual coming on.

I’m taking reservations now for Friday night dinner….just to make sure that the leftovers don’t last for a week! Maybe just one appetizer this week instead of chopped liver and knishes!