How did you decide where to build the sukkah?
J.F.: Our original design idea was a floating sukkah. It was going to have curtain walls and be suspended from above by cables. JSF: Directly from God’s beard. J.F.: Directly from Jonathan’s magnolia tree. I had four pieces of steel specially fabricated for the project. But that idea got nixed by a rabbi. You can’t build a sukkah under a tree, you know. JSF: No. That’s not it. We decided the tree couldn’t support the weight. J.F.: Right. Where did your etrog and lulav come from? JSF: We got the lemon from D’Agostino, and the schwag from a head shop. J.F.: My father-in-law bought mine. What foods do you remember eating in the sukkah last year? Anything that stands out in your memory? This is a food column, after all. JSF: The afikomen. J.F.: It was stale. JSF: It started stale. J.F.: How do you know when matzo has gone bad? When it starts tasting good? Bada bing! J.F.: My wife made an amazing feast one night, and we had a whole bunch of our friends over. She served the soup in little ca
