I grew up right across the street from my Saba Joe and Savtah Adina (my father’s parents), and their kitchen was like a second home to me. I remember sitting on the counter, my legs swinging as I watched my Savtah cook. The sizzle of onions cooking in oil, cracking the peppermint candies for the homemade ice cream, the sweet smell of zucchini bread baking, and the sound of the tin canister opening while we snuck the meringues and mandelbrot when no one was watching—these are memories that take me back to those special times.

Yield: 24-30 meringues