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January 25, 2009

Sunday Morning: Bagels & Blogs

Soccer Dad's Shiny Happy Dhimmi #10 is up and live.
Don't miss this cutting edge round-up of blogs dealing
with the pressing threat facing civilization—no, not
so-called global warming.

Ann Sheridan prepares a hearty dinner. Great actress,
great cook, great, um, rifle.

Confession. I'm unforgivably inept in the kitchen. Here's the culinary memo:

1. Ask Offspring #2 and #3 and they will testify—I'm pretty sure—that growing up, on Sunday mornings, they actually looked forward to yours truly whipping up a brilliant mushroom omelette.

2. Yawn, you say, what's the big deal about an omlette?

3. Listen all you fancy shmancy iron chefs, it so happens that my omelettes are so tasty that I do not give out the Seraphic Secret recipe for fear of tipping the delicate balance of the known universe.

4. Hmm, what else do I cook in the kitchen? That's what you're thinking, I know. It's a reasonable question.

5. Nothing. Zip. Zero. Nada. Sad, huh?

So: Seraphic Secret is always interested in improving our skills. Thus for the first time we are including the busiest blogger in the Jewish Blogosphere, Batya's Kosher Cooking Carnival. This week hosted by Ilana-Davita, with The Green Edition. I'm going to take a stab at Pesky Settler's Chicken Veggie Pizza.

Seriously.

Or maybe I'll just hand it over to Karen.

Yeah, that sounds like a plan.

Frum Fatale

Going to shul on Shabbos morning, ladies? But, goodness gracious, you have nothing to wear. We are familiar with the tragic dilemma. But fear not, hope is on the way. Exclusive to Seraphic Secret, here's the new style for the religious Jewish woman—classic Audrey Hepburn cross-pollinated with a healthy dose of early Joan Crawford... Okay, not quite. This frum fatale is actually from a Vogue layout, 1940's. But it works, right? I fully expect this look to catch on in the shtetls of Boro Park, Monsey, Jerusalem, Teaneck and natch, Beverly Hills.

Finally, the durable and most excellent Haveil Havalim #202, The Super Hero Edition, hosted by the super Super Raizy.

Yours truly must, must, must single out A Mother in Israel's Official Haredi Guide to Modest Necklines. I'm fascinated by the intersection of fashion and religious standards of modesty.

And for something completely different, head on over to Big Hollywood, where yours truly writes about 10,000 Violent Women and One Screenwriter.

Posted by Robert J. Avrech at January 25, 2009 07:04 AM

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That's it. Break either of these rules and you will be banned.

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