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The Moth Radio Hour: Matters of the Heart

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The Joy of Croissants

In Marrakesh, Morocco in 1936, the 13th child of my family and the last one. My saint mother cooked and baked every day except Shabbat. It was my job as a little girl coming from school to bring the golden loaves home. They smelled so good. And I felt that that was the time that my passion for the magic of flour and water was planted in me and never left.

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