Solved!

End the day with our Ooky Recipe Corner, a.k.a., supper. Invite each child to share their true feelings about the supper you slaved over. Remind them that they can always eat cereal if the thought of Shabbos leftovers is that bad. (Lock yourself in your bedroom before they remember that all the good cereal is gone.)

I loved your recipe for Maple Glazed Roast with Caramelized Shallots and Artichokes, and hope to serve it as my main for the Purim seudah. But I was wondering, do I caramelize the shallots with avocado oil, or can I use a heart-healthy extra virgin olive oil for that?

Faigy Peritzman responds:

Like every Erev Shabbos, I was spending my day by the stove, where I hoped the clamor and hiss of the pots boiling over would distract me from my riotous rowdy rambunctious rapscallions.

But my hopes were dashed less than one paragraph in, when Yitzy wandered into the kitchen. “Mommy,” he asked me, “can I tell you a heartwarming, feel-good story with a classic only-in-Israel feel? It will probably feature some of my more maddening mischief and impish antics, but I’ll try not to tell the one about the time my rebbi said—”