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Family Table: Recipes from our families to yours
Our favorite memories of the High Holy Days often come from food — especially the food we ate growing up at our family tables. Some of the following recipes have been handed down through the generations, others are borrowed from friends, neighbors, friends of friends. All have stories of origin, and most draw on the Rosh Hashanah tradition of sweetness, in hopes for a sweet New Year. However they got on our tables, they are here to stay for generations to come. Our writers share some of their favorites.
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When in Rome, eat kosher like the Romans
Shops selling kosher products say the increased demand is coming mainly from Jews. But restaurateurs say at least half their customers are non-Jews who want to sample classic Roman Jewish cooking, which many consider to be the most sophisticated of traditional Roman cuisines.
Langer’s celebrates 60 years of a passion for pastrami
According to many mostly West Coast mavens, Langer\’s, in existence since 1947 – and celebrating its 60th anniversary this week – has the best pastrami in America.
Israelis develop a taste for goats’ and sheep’s milk cheeses
As Israel becomes sophisticated gastronomically, consumers are favoring goat\’s and sheep\’s milk cheeses over cow\’s milk varieties. Unlike their bovine counterparts, most goats and sheep are free to roam and graze, antibiotics aren\’t usually a part of their diet, the cheese and milk contain less lactose and the taste is unmistakably distinct.
Cheese for Shavuot wrapped in tradition and variety
Since then I\’ve been relegated to eating blintzes at delis, where they\’ve been decent but far from sensational. However, with Shavuot approaching, a craving for Bertha\’s blintzes drove me to replicate the nirvana of that first experience.
Say ‘grazie’ for ricotta-filled Italian delights
Shavuot begins exactly seven weeks after Passover and brings with it centuries of food traditions. Because some say milk and cheese symbolize the purity of the Torah, it is the festival when dairy foods are normally served. The holiday also celebrates the spring harvest, a time when a new crop of fresh vegetables and fruits begin to appear.
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