My daughter Lili can’t have dairy. No milk, no butter, no farmer’s cheese — none of it. For a long time, that felt like it might put half of my grandmothers’ recipes out of reach for her.

It didn’t. It just meant learning to translate.

Every recipe on this site that traditionally uses milk, butter, or tvaroh has a dairy-free version, tested in my own kitchen, for my own daughter, before it ever went anywhere else. Not a compromise — just a different way of getting to the same table.