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STAFF Vol. 33 No. 10 Š Copyright 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS SPOTLIGHT..............................................................12

BEAUTY BULLETIN: Sound Body, Sound Mind........................................30

FROM SOUP TO NUTS: Souper Skinny Soups................................................54

MIND OVER MATTER: Retail Therapy.........................................................70

GRIN AND BARE IT..................................................86

DIRECTORY OF ADVERTISERS..............................96

Publishers Rachayle Deutsch Suzi Bollag

Sales Representatives Shani Schwebel Miriam Goldbrenner Barbara Gold Pearl Silber

Contributing Editors Rachel Rosenberg Shuly Rubel

Beauty Editor Naomi Scheier

Psychotherapists Robin Daar, LCSW, RN Jennifer Mann, LMSW Cover Art: Marina Gershman MarinaGershman@hotmail.com www.artabus.com/mgersh

ESRA Magazine LLC is published monthly and distributed FREE to area residents. No artwork or other material in this book may be reproduced without the per mission of the publisher.

The adver tiser agrees to hold harmless the publisher for publication of submitted copy. ESRA will not be responsible for typographical errors. We reserve the right to refuse adver tising or editorial copy that we feel does not fit our policy. Adver tising claims are not the responsibility of ESRA . Offices are located at 1075 East 21 Street, Brook lyn, NY 11210. (516) 478-9212.

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y husband has a hard time throwing things out. He will proceed to demolish a three column pack of crackers at a steady pace until that last cracker is left and then the pack goes back into its box and on the pantry shelf not to be revisited again. He will happily eat leftovers half the week long and then leave one lone chicken wing in the Pyrex pot and put it back in the fridge. I don’t know if there’s some deep psychological reason for his inability to finish the last piece or, less mysterious, he just avoids being the one who has to discard the empty box, or, worse, wash the near-empty pan.

Needless to say, it drives me nuts.

His refusal to throw things out goes far beyond finishing food items. Bills, cards, newspapers, notices – they all just sit and sit. There are forever piles in my kitchen. On my counter. On my hutch. In my closet. I am always trying to consolidate and minimize the spread factor. But the piles get added to on

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a daily basis and it can be days, weeks or even longer before anything is finally examined and actually tossed. I go through stages where I try to look the other way and say nothing about the teetering piles for weeks on end. And, of course, there are periods when every time I walk into the kitchen I am so aggravated I make a comment. Neither strategy works. The mounds continue to multiply.

Every once in a while, say before a major holiday such as Pesach, or before a very special celebration, like an engagement party held in our home, I can get my husband to go through his heaps of stuff and they eventually do disappear. But I quickly learned the truth about these long-awaited purging of papers. Hubby has neither gone through them, nor tossed anything. He simply bagged them and stowed them in temporary hide-outs, such as at the bottom of the coat closet or under a basement desk.

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BEAUTY BULLETIN: Sound Body, Sound Mind

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et’s start with our skin. As women age, we need to start a skin care regimen that is long term and will help us stay young and beautiful into our golden years! Effects of the elements, like sun, and bad habits such as smoking, all are detrimental to our skin, causing wrinkles, loss of collagen and (worse) skin cancer!

First, protect your skin from the sun.

Use sunscreen with a high SPF. The key to start slowing down the aging process is the use of products with Hyaluronic Acid, or HA, which is an all purpose anti aging ingredient that also adds hydration to your cells. Nothing is more important! It is also very important for flexible joints and healthy eyes!

HA is a water-loving carbohydrate found naturally throughout the human body. As it seeks out and binds to water, it serves as the body’s natural lubricant.

HA is also found in our body’s connective tissues, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage. That’s why it is so great for keeping our joints lubricated.

The greatest concentration of HA is found in the skin tissue and collagen. HA decreases as we age and HA in our skin drops. Our body is producing less water-loving HA as we age. Free radicals produced mostly through exposure to pollutants and sunlight destroy the HA in our skin.

Our skin loses its ability to hold water leaving it drier and thinner and more wrinkled.

To give our skin back HA, you need to use serums and moisturizers that contain Hyaluronic Acid. These products give our skin an instant face lift.

The best result can be gotten by taking HA internally. Try Hyaluronic Acid Synothovial Seven

or try using Instant Facelift face lift serum. Both can be purchased at your local health food store like Health Pantry on Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn. Another product to look for is Climate Control moisturizing spray from Senegence.

Now let’s talk body. It’s hard to

keep our diet and eating habits in check on our own.

That is why finding a health coach is a great idea. What is a certified health coach? A person who is trained to advise you on how to change your eating habits to suit your individual needs and gear you in the direction for a healthy lifestyle. He or she will put you on a weight control program that is right for you, help you lose weight if that is a goal, and show you how to maintain your healthy new weight loss. There is a great health coach right in our neighborhood who I recommend, Rivka Mina Diskind.

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A HEALTHY BODY IS A HEALTHY MIND. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SMILE! NAOMI

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From Soup to Nuts:

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ust like there are trends in fashion so too there are trends in foods. Like with fashion, some trends in food are short-lived, while others is nothing beingAnd, again as with haveThere proven the test like of time. fashion, trends staring are cyclicalat in a most bakery, Take soups. have been counters full They of freshly madeserved at home and in restaurants for centuries.

They’ve been known to delights, trays full of breads be hearty.

They’ve been known and bagels, cookies and other to have medicinal qualities. But trendy? Cool? Hardly. Until treats, and what to recently whendeciding gourmet cooks, food editors and hip buy. cafe owners have realized the great potential in a Small, Jewishoften low in calorie bowl of soupfamily-run - filling, flavorful, bakeries that once lay at the and with endless possibilities of ingredients..

In Yolanda Fintor andurban Carla L. Henry’s trade heart of close-knit book, Souper Skinnyall Soupsover (Pelican), the authors neighborhoods include over 200 low calorie, easy America have fallen victim to prepare recipes for soup that can be served as an appetizer or even to the demise of the olda main course. Take a look at some examples below:

school bakers, shifting demographics and economic realities. But FRESH TOMATO SOUP Stanley Ginsberg and Norman Berg seek to A tasty way to utilize overripe tomatoes. keep the memories of these Jewish bakeries • alive 2 T olive withoiltheir new book, Inside the Jewish • Bakery: 3 mediumRecipes onions, minced and Memories from the • 2 large cloves garlic, minced Golden Ages of Jewish Baking (Camino • 5 lb. very ripe tomatoes Books).

More than a collection of recipes, • salt Inside the Jewish • freshly ground pepper Bakery chronicles the and traditions—as well as the • history 1 tsp. dried oregano • distinctive 1 small sprig fresh goods—of basil baked Ashkenazi Jewry • in1 TEastern balsamicEurope vinegar and its immigration to • America.

Dash sugar Utilizing a vast array of sources, the authors have crafted an engaging “edible Heat oil in large, non-aluminum saucepan over history.”heat. Saute onions and garlic 7-8 minutes medium or until tender and translucent. Cut unpeeled KAMISHBROYT tomatoes into 1/8ths and add to pan. Cover and (Jewish simmer over medium heatBiscotti) about 5 minutes or until tomatoes begin Makes to release juices.

Increase twotheir to three dozen slices heat slightly and continue to simmer, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes are completely 2 3/4 cups pastry or all-purpose flour tender and swimming in their own juice, about 30 minutes.

1 cup less 1 Tbs. granulated sugar Cool 30 minutes and puree. Return tomatoes 1/8and tsp.bring tabletosalt to pan a simmer. Season to taste with 3/4 tsp. baking salt and pepper.

Addpowder herbs. Simmer 10 minutes to 1 cup chopped or walnuts blend flavors.

Add pecans, balsamicalmonds vinegar and enough sugar takebeaten off acidic 2/3tocup eggedge. Serves 6. 151 calories per 1/2 serving. cup unsalted butter, melted

1 tsp. vanilla extract RED BEAN SOUPREME

• 1lb. red beans • 5 cups water • 1 onion, chopped 1. Preheat your oven to • 2 carrots, chopped350° F., with your baking • 2 stalks celery, chopped surface in the middle.

• 3 T diet pareve margarine 2. Combine the flour, • 3 quarts defatted meat stock sugar, salt and baking • 1 T dried mustard powder in a mixing bowl and • 8 whole cloves whisk by hand until well • 3 crumbled bay leaves • 1/2 tsp thyme blended, 2 to 3 minutes. Add • 1 cup dry sherry chopped nuts and continue • 1 T sugar mixing for another minute.

• 2 T vinegar 3. Add the eggs, melted • 6 sprigs parsley for garnish

butter and vanilla extract, thenovernight. mix withCook a large spoon Soak beans in water vegetables or your hands until the dough lightly in margarine. Add to beans. Add stock, is smooth and and flexible. mustard, spices herbs. Bring to a gentle boil.

Lower heat and simmer 2 hours or until 4. On a parchment-lined sheet pan,beans form are the tender.

Puree half the soup.

Return to pot. dough into a loaf about 4 in. wide and 2Add in. sherry, Keep hot - but boiling Bake sugar for 40and tovinegar.

45 minutes, until thenot dough is - until served. Garnish with parsley. Serves 16. 277 set and light brown. calories per serving.

5. Reduce the oven heat to 300° F. Remove the loaf from the oven ORIENTAL and immediately slice it CHICKEN to desired thickness.

Snow peas and chestnuts put a crunch in each bite 6. Arrange the slices on the parchment and • return 2 T cornstarch to the oven until browned and dry, • about 1 tsp ground ginger Remove to a rack and let 40 minutes.

• 1/8 tsp crushed dried red pepper cool. When cooled, dip the ends into melted • 3 cups water if sauce desired. Great with coffee or tea.

• chocolate, 2 T light soy • 2 T vegetable oil KICHELACH • 3/4 lb skinless chicken breasts, cut in strips • 6 oz. snow peas, cut diagonally • 1 Kichelach onion slicedare a food minimalist’s delight— • light, 2 cloves minced airygarlic, morsels of crunch that were eaten • like 1 8 oz. can sliced water chestnuts, drainedEastern cookies or salty snacks.

Wherever • 2 cubes chicken bouillon Jews onion, settled, kichelach became a • European Chopped green green part included

mainstay nosh—the perfect accompaniment to a piece of herring or a glass of sweet wine, In a small bowl combine cornstarch, ginger and schnapps, tea or coffee—a delightful red pepper. Stir in one cup water and soychange sauce until In a medium saucepan heat oil over fromsmooth. the ordinary.

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Add chicken breasts.

Stir fry impossible to find, but their memory lives on. until tender, about four minutes.. Remove. Add snow peas, onion and garlic. Stir fry one minute.

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Everyone has different shopping needs. Some people love to window shop, others live for a great bargain. I like shopping as much as the next person but I can’t say I’m passionate about it. Rarely will you see me standing on a long line at a shopping mall. So what is it about shopping that excites some people so and makes them keep coming back for more?

There is a growing body of research that shows that shopping actually activates key areas of the brain that boost our mood and make us feel better (at least for a short time). Peering into a decorated department store window or finding that perfect item on your list appears to tap into the brain’s reward center triggering the release of brain chemicals giving you that “shopping high.” Much of that high can be traced to the brain chemical dopamine. Dopamine is associated with feelings of pleasure and satisfaction.

Dopamine is released when we experience something new, exciting or challenging and for some people shopping is all these things.

Back in the early 1800s, women did their shopping in dusty, dingy dry good stores. The purchases they made were mostly practical ones that served a purpose. The department store with its large variety of personal and household products got its start in the second half of the 19th century. Fast forward to today and there are mega malls all over the world and the concept of “retail therapy,” shopping for the sole purpose of making oneself feel better, was born.

Most people who love to shop can attest to the magic of shopping. In addition to making yourself feel better what are some other benefits?

Research has suggested that shopping can ease life transitions such as the loss of a loved one, make a person feel more successful after a good trip to the mall, is a source of relaxation, and can provide human connection to those who need it.

Shopping serves many positive purposes but there can be a dark side to shopping as well. For some people the act of shopping can become very addicting. Ten to fifteen percent of people have a genetic predisposition to this addiction and coupled with the environment in which the particular behavior is triggered can contribute to the actual

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S.F. All my padded shoulder suits and dresses. I just know they will be back in style!

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T.B. I held on to a simple, elegant grey wool dress for many years after it fit me. In truth it fit me for only about five minutes but I splurged and bought it at a time when I had lost a lot of weight. Unfortunately, I was only able to wear it once or twice but held on to both the dress and the dream of wearing for well over a adecade. onebeing spring all, but I still itlike running tight On ship, cleaning day I finally gave it away. Now, many years later I responsible, having high standards, and getting still miss it and am thinking I should have saved it for my granddaughter! it all done quickly!

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Continued from page 12 You can imagine my dismay (a euphemism in the extreme), when at some point I stumble across the mountains of mail I thought had finally been properly disposed of right there under my nose.

I have several theories about why my husband can’t keep up with the flow and refuses to sort and simplify. He probably would disagree with them all.

If you ask him he’ll tell you that he never knows when he’ll need an important piece of paper and the few times he actually did give in and discard he wished he hadn’t since invariably, right after the item was no longer retrievable, he discovered he desperately needed it. Hmmm. I just don’t buy it.

These days with every publication – including ours – available online, every bank statement and bill accessible digitally, there is a distinct move in the paperless direction. Almost nothing is irretrievable or permanently trashed – whether you want it to be or not. You really can comfortably get rid of hard copies of most things since their digital counterparts are out there in cyberspace just waiting to be called – or should I say – clicked on. So far this has not aided in my arguments with you-know-who.

It’s very hard for me to relate. Not only because times have changed and you seriously do not need to keep every piece of paper that arrives in your mailbox but also because I’ve always been a routine tosser.

I have no set schedule but it happens at least several times a year. I try to open a kitchen junk drawer and it’s jammed. Time to dump its contents and discard the bulk of it. I bring back folded laundry to my triple dresser and attempt to squeeze a sweater into its proper drawer and it won’t fit. Fling, go all the drawer’s neat piles onto my bed as I determine who shall stay and who shall go. Don’t worry.

I am not as relentless as I sound. I can actually be quite sentimental about certain pieces and then of course there are always those items I can’t part with hoping I will one day be able to wear them again – knowing full well that day is long gone. But I do try to be sensible. You can’t keep purchasing new clothing, shoes, pocketbooks, even sleepwear without eventually needing to get rid of their predecessors, right?

Well, I have to say that I do regret one treasure I tossed, as do many of the women who answered this month’s Grin and Bare It. For me it was an elegant hunter straight wool dress I got from Classic Couture, a wonderful little Brooklyn boutique my mom and her friend Lily a”h, owned many years ago. The dress was simple but very cool – even back then – with two cross-over panels in front. The solid dark green silhouette had a mandarin neckline and was

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As it happens these days I would be able to wear that dress again (hopefully for not too brief a period this time). Of all the things I have gotten rid of over the years – the clothing in a variety of sizes, the accessories, books, household knick-knacks, etc, – this is the only item I truly wish I had back. Oh well.

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