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FROM SOUP TO NUTS: THE PRIME GRILL COOKBOOK ..........................................78
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ta Werdiger Roth previously opened her home as a supper club, where she cooked for kosher diners. Now, together with Sasha Chack, she welcomes all to her new culinary home, Mason & Mug, a restaurant in the Prospect Heights area of Brooklyn. Mason & Mug is far from your typical restaurant. It is a bar serving beer and wine (no hard liquor) with home-cooked gourmet vegan, fish and dairy dishes to accompany your drink. There are no printed menus. The daily menu is limited to approximately ten items, made of fresh ingredients and handwritten on a chalk board behind the bar. The restaurant is a small, cozy space with seating only at the bar or small high tables with stools. On a Monday night, my friends and I pulled up six stools to a small table meant for four and ordered everything on the menu, twice, and some, three or four times. The menu wasn’t large nor were the portion sizes. The fish taco was the best taco I’ve had since I was a kid eating at long-gone Moshe Ole (also known as Taco Ole) which served authentic kosher Mexican tacos. The fish itself was a bit dry but the total flavor was amazing. The soft corn tortilla was filled with fresh avocados and pickled red cabbage and had a spicy finish to it. I wasn’t a huge fan of the soup which had crisp slices of leek, potatoes and beets, but to be fair that is likely due to my not being a fan of beets. Everyone else at my table loved the soup which was topped with walnuts. The cheese board and smoked fish board were the priciest dishes on the menu at $14 and $13, respectively. The wooden boards contained a small sampling which everyone at the table tried and enjoyed. Cheese-lovers will enjoy the
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variety of aged cheeses served with different fresh house-made bread and an apple-pepper jam. The smoked fish board included peppered mackerel, smoked whitefish, and, of course, smoked salmon. It was served with a helping of wonderfully sour red cabbage. I would have had another serving of the red cabbage alone if it was offered. The baguette on the Banh Mi sandwich was warm and the grilled tofu and other fresh ingredients in this sandwich were surprisingly scrumptious. The “snacks” on the menu included spicy chickpeas which were fun and tasted of nutmeg and cayenne pepper. The wild mushrooms were a bit bland, and the roasted cauliflower, while perfectly prepared, was nothing special. The deviled kale salad must have been delicious because my friends didn’t leave me much to try. I did get a perfect bite of the egg with some greens and it was light and tasty. The wines on the menu were very well priced, but unfortunately, the selection was extremely slim with only one bottle of red available. There was no bottled water available, which disturbed some but not me, as I am happy to drink Brooklyn tap water. The service was tricky. Anytime Sasha passed our table, he would ask us with a huge grin how everything was, remove our empty plates and take our orders for second and thirds. The waitress was more difficult to pin down and seemed annoyed with our general presence although we were polite and tried to be patient. As a whole Mason & Mug isn’t the perfect service environment but has more of a relaxed hipster vibe. They were out of the sour pickles that I had looked forward to and when it came to dessert there were only two slices of carrot cake left in the restaurant. The six of us shared and it was wonderful to the last bite. The cake was airy with a creamy sweet frosting. It was a fun night made even more carefree by the final bill which was extremely low for a night out with food and drink. My rating: 31⁄2 stars ★★★★ Rachel Rosenberg, a practicing attorney, is known amongst friends and family as an accomplished chef and daring foodie with a critical eye and discerning palate. She lives in Woodmere with her husband and three sons.
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Chronicles Of A Therapist: Sibling Rivalry PART 2 By Tova Bollag, LCSW In my last column I discussed some of the possible roots of sibling rivalry and explored various appropriate parental reactions when sibling rivalry erupts in one’s home. In this column we will briefly highlight some proactive measures you can take to help diminish and maybe even prevent arguments from developing in the first place. In future issues we hope to develop the parameters and implementation of each of these ideas. • Parents should set clear, realistic rules for acceptable behavior for their children. Rules are meant to reduce conflict and increase a sense of tranquility in the home, and should be employed in order to achieve that purpose. Although implementing rules is important, it should not be done in a dictator-like fashion. According to Ariadne Brill, B.S. Psy.D, a positive discipline parenting educator, “When making rules, it’s preferable to solicit your children’s input, if it’s age appropriate, as well as the possible consequences that will be imparted when your children break the rules. This teaches children that they’re responsible for their own actions, regardless of the situation or how provoked they felt, and discourages any attempts to negotiate regarding who was “right” or “wrong.” • In order to induce harmony in your home, you should encourage each of your children to create his or her own personal space and time to explore his or her unique interests; whether he or she chooses to play with toys by themselves, to play with friends without a sibling tagging along, to enjoy activities without having to share 50-50, or to just sit quietly while reading a magazine or a book-- encouraging your child to have their own interests can help foster a child’s self confidence and empower them to be an individual.
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• Every child seeks and yearns for parental attention. Parents need to be proactive in giving each child mutually enjoyable, one-onone individualized attention for approximately 10 minutes daily. Try to make sure the time spent is directed to their interests and needs. For example, if one of your children enjoys the outdoors, take a walk or go to the park. If another child likes to do rainbow loom or crafts, make time for that child as well. When this is lacking, a child will tend to act out, which will lead to unnecessary tension within one’s home. • Recognize when children just need time apart from one another. Try occasionally arranging separate play dates or activities for each child. When one child is on a play date, utilize the time to spend one-on-one time with another. • Have fun together as a family. Whether you’re throwing a ball or playing a board game, you’re establishing a peaceful way for your kids to spend time together and relate to each other. This can help ease tensions between them and also keeps you involved. Since parental attention is something many kids fight over, fun family activities can help reduce conflict. Although, all of the above ideas are important, it is vital to remember that as parents you are constantly modeling behavioral reactions for your children. The manner in which you resolve problems and disagreements sets a strong example for your children. Therefore, if you and your spouse work through conflicts in a way that’s respectful, productive, and non-aggressive, you increase the chances that your children will adopt those tactics when they encounter problems with one another. If your children see you routinely shout, slam doors, and loudly argue, they’re likely to adopt those negative behaviors themselves. Parents should also bear in mind that their children observe the way they relate to their own siblings. Some family gatherings are packed with tension-filled moments as siblings rehash old wounds and jealousies explode. Years of sibling rivalry can reduce the most accomplished, sophisticated adults to childlike, infantile behavior. On the other hand, parents who go out of their way to join in their
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Continued from page 12 Don’t get me wrong. Unless you’ve purchased a real money pit, the pleasures of owning a home undoubtedly outweigh the aggravation. But aggravation is certainly part of the deal. You had hoped to redo the dark basement when you moved in but when the lead pan in the main bathroom cracked, suddenly redoing the bathroom moved to the top of your to-do list. You had planned on replacing all the windows soon after you took title but when the first rainstorm of the season hit and your roof sprang an assortment of leaks the windows lost their place of importance. Like the human body there are two things you can be sure of when it comes to your house. First, the older it gets, the more things are going to fall apart and need to be replaced and, second, no matter how good it looks on the outside, there is a complicated, mysterious system going on beneath its surface and there will always be unexpected, usually unpleasant, surprises popping up. Just as we learn to live with that pinch in our shoulder or that click in our knee, so, too, we learn to adjust and get along with the quirks of our homes. I could write volumes about my own home but let me focus only on my entrance hall. I don’t mind that the front door is old - well, I do, but that’s not reason enough to get rid of it - it’s that half the year it swells and sticks and is nearly impossible to open. We even had it shaved down twice but the problem persists. So we deal. Often that means we simply don’t shut it all the way. Don’t tell anyone. If you can get past the front door you will be standing on our wood-tiled entryway. Not valuable or aged enough to be original to our nearly century-old abode, just old. Each square is made up of over a dozen small wood slats and if you know how to place your steps, or rather, don’t know how to place your steps - individual slats pop up as your weight hits them. No big deal. We just pop them right back in. Well, it actually is quite annoying but not in the scheme of things. Oh, and before you’ve even reached our kitchen there is a marked dip in the floor. Feels a little bouncy, like there’s not really much holding that spot up. But there are definitely other, more sturdy spots to step on if
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you’re in the know. And one more thing. And remember, we’re just on the hallway. On the wood saddle right before the kitchen, leading to the basement steps there is a single nail that it always sticking up. Periodically, usually after one of us has inadvertently stepped on it, or ripped a hole in the garbage bag on the way to the side door, we hammer it down. Of course, days later it rears its metal head again. You might ask why we don’t just yank it out.
I’ve thought of that. But I’ve also thought that that one nail might be single-handedly holding my whole house together. I am not taking any chances. So we bang it down occasionally, put a band-aid over the puncture in our heel and don’t think much more about it. Ah, the pleasures of owning a home! There really are many. Hopefully, in the long run, the pleasures greatly outweigh the pains and the beautiful memories you create within your own homes are treasures that will last a lifetime.
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Trace of Lace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dinetc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Emma's Tailoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tznius Princess. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Eisenberger's Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Simply Gorgeous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
White Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Finders Keepers Antiques & Lighting . . . . . . 93
BABY GEAR
CATERERS/CATERING HALLS
Kingdom Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Oh Baby!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Masores Simcha Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Loeffler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
BRIDAL NEEDS
Razag Ballroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Regal Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Augenbraun's Bridal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CHILDREN'S AND PRE-TEEN CLOTHING
Renaissance Custom Interiors . . . . Back Cover
Belle of the Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Babylicious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
S & S Fine Furniture Discounters . . . . . 85
Belle NY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
The Boys Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sofas 'N' More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Bridal Couture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Elegant Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Stern's Furniture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Bridal Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Europe on 12th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Style N Décor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Bridal Elegance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Judy's Nook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
FURNITURE REPAIR/REFINISHING
Bridal Glamour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Layette4Less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Expert Furniture Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chanie Greenzweig Headpieces . . . . . 32
Le Bambini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Furniture Repair by Yossi Weiser . . . . . 24
Chi’ Chelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Little Loungers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
HOME ACCESSORIES/GIFTS
Custom Bridal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Little Women. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Bow Tied. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Dassy's Bridal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Mon Petit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Breezy's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Elegant Reflections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Posh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Eastside China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Emerly's Bridal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Star Spangled Carousel . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Elegant Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Exquisite Gowns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Sweet Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Impressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Finds & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Teen Boutique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The Peppermill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Fit Me by Amalia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
That's My Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Royalty Tableware. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
The Flower Girl's Collection . . . . . . . . . 69
Trendy Tots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Surrey Lane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Gown Galaxy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Tuesday's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Vintage Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Great Expectations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Whoopi . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover
HOME DÉCOR/WALLCOVERINGS
Halioua Bridals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
EDIBLES
Act II Interiors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Julie's Quality Couture . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Ave J Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Crazy Closets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Kleinfeld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
EYEGLASSES
Decorating Dreams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Le Couture du Jour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Optique Elegance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Decorator's Den . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Lew Imports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
FAMILY SERVICES
Elegant Walls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Miri Bridal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Shalom Task Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Elegante Oriental Rugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Pessy Blum's Bridal Salon . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tova Bolag, LCSW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Exclusive Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Pessy Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
FLOORING/TILE
Friedman Decorators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Private Label. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Boro Rug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Home and Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Raquel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Direct Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Stern's Custom Interiors . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Red Carpet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Elegante Oriental Rugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Varda's Wallcoverings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Sarelli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Shop At Home Flooring . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
United Shade Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Signatures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
FLORISTS
INVITATIONS/CALLIGRAPHY
Simply Elegant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Blossom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ad Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Simply Gorgeous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Floral Expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Invitations by Papermasters . . . . . . . . . 48
Teal Couture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
FURNITURE /ANTIQUES
JEWELRY
Teen Bride. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Antique Accents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
All That Glitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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Allegra Fine Jewelry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Hindy's Maternity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
WOMEN'S APPAREL
Aqua Jewels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Ladies in Waiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chic de Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Chanie Greenzweig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Looking Swell Maternities . . . . . . . . . 104
Couture off the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Debbie's Diamonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Maternichic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Empire Jewels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mom's Secret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Kaufman's Jewelry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Mylo Dweck Maternity . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Molly's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
PARTY RENTALS
Onyx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
All Affairs Party Rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Ultimatime. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Fashion Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
JUDAICA
Devorie Zutler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Finds & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Judaica Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Mendel Meyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Furs by Kurt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Shaimos L'Gnizah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Gerry Weber Boutique . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
KITCHENS/BATHROOMS
Better Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Golda's European Boutique . . . . . . . . . 43
Enterprise Kitchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
PRE-SCHOOLS
Nagad Kitchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Keshet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Regency Kitchens and Interiors . . . . Inside Front Cover
REALTORS
LASER HAIR REMOVAL
Chani (Sharon) Kushner . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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STERLING SILVER
Perfectly Polished. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
E. B. Estate Sterling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Shulamis' Laser Hair Removal . . . . . . 104
Empire Sterling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Miri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Silk and Sheer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
TABLECLOTHS--SALES AND RENTALS
Morgane Le Fay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
LIGHTING
En Vogue Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Novella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Bibi Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Gitta Steinmetz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Pink Label by Rachel Kairy . . . . . . . . . 62
Rainbow Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table Tops & More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Renaissance Custom Interiors . . . . Back Cover
TILE
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Home and Stone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
D'Rose Linen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
WEIGHT CONTROL/EXERCISE
Elegant Linen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Be A Loser--Rochelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
The Linen Closet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Chaya Stern--Nutrition Spot . . . . . . . . 16
LINGERIE
Giti Gamss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Unique Boutique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
The Lingerie Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Phyllis Lifshitz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
The Velvet Hanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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WOMEN'S ACCESSORIES/HOSIERY
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Tip Toes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Tova Bolag, LCSW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Future Mom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Upper Class Hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Upper Class Hats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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