Rugelach… Rugelwhat?

If you’re like me, each morning when you sit down at your desk  and open up your inbox you secretly hope to see one of THOSE emails.  They come with subjects like “Goodies in the kitchen!” or “Get it while it’s hot!” or simply “DOUGHNUTS.”  These are glorious emails:  ones that don’t result in agitation or stress or silent shaking of an angry fist at the monitor.  These emails confirm your department has, in fact, employed an angel, and the treats–be they muffins, homemade cookies, or (if you’re really lucky) the GOOD bagels–turn what might otherwise be a monotonous beginning to the daily grind into a full out PARTAYYY.

OK, maybe not a partayyy, per se, but they definitely make everyone a lot more smiley throughout the day.

Today, we got one of these very emails letting us know there were “rugelachs” in the library for our eating pleasure.  Rugelachs?  The library?!  Yes, we have a library chock full of old tax filings and millions of pages of decaying tax code and free rugelachs.  My first though was, rugelach?  What the heck is that?  I pounced from my desk to the library, camera in hand, all the while asking myself–what is a rugelach?!

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