There’s noth­ing quite like mak­ing a spe­cial fam­i­ly recipe — one filled with aro­ma, fla­vor, and love — togeth­er with a beloved par­ent as one pre­pares for a hol­i­day cel­e­bra­tion. In this sweet pic­ture book, young Stel­la and her moth­er pre­pare a delec­table and mem­o­ry-laden stuffed cab­bage dish for Rosh Hashanah. They fol­low a recipe that has been passed down for gen­er­a­tions, with each cook adding her own hand­writ­ten and per­son­al­ized notes to it.

Stel­la loves the his­to­ry-filled fam­i­ly feel­ing this expe­ri­ence evokes, and she wants to add her own spe­cial touch, as did her moth­er, grand­moth­er, and great-grand­moth­er. She thinks long and hard and final­ly set­tles on just the right ingre­di­ent, one with a spe­cial Rosh Hashanah feel­ing. Now the won­der­ful recipe is even sweet­er and more deli­cious than it was before, and Stel­la feels con­nect­ed to both the past and the future lovers of this sig­na­ture dish. Rosh Hashanah, which also con­nects the past year to the next one, is beau­ti­ful­ly brought to mind.

Col­or­ful pic­tures of appeal­ing foods and smil­ing faces add to the fun and the emo­tion­al con­tent of the spe­cial cook­ing expe­ri­ence. A scrump­tious-sound­ing recipe for stuffed cab­bage that chil­dren and their par­ents can share and enjoy is appended.