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Strangers in the night — a Ghetto Purim

David and I looked at each other. Did everyone know each other already? This was about to become a junior-high nightmare. Friends were sitting with friends, and no one was sitting with us. At least we weren\’t naked.

Try main course hamantashen for a topsy-turvy day!

If you\’re the type of person who likes gift giving, especially treats from your kitchen, then you probably look forward to the holiday as much as my family does. I especially enjoy the making of hamantashen. Holiday cookbooks are full of poppy seed, prune, chocolate, and even jelly-filled recipes.

Just breathe: Herzog legacy lives on with new wines

Herzog is just one of many kosher labels around the world that hope to change the image of kosher wine. It\’s a two-pronged battle: The first is to change the perception of kosher wines in the mainstream world; the second is to change the kosher wine drinker\’s palate to appreciate finer wines.

L.A.’s gourmet kosher makeover

Welcome to Southern California\’s new world of Gourmet Kosher. As America has fallen in love with food over the last decade, the kosher world has not been too far behind.

Moral Diet

The holidays are over, and I\’m full.I spent a week with family in Manhattan, eating.And when I wasn\’t eating, I was reading a landmark book — about food.

The kreme de la kreme of kosher kooking mix it up

The first-ever national kosher cook-off is intended to demonstrate to consumers the flexibility, speed and convenience of kosher cooking, while showcasing the Manischewitz label.

Fry the latkes, try the gingerbread

The received wisdom for Jewish parents is not to dilute, pollute or mix traditions. Christmas is such a joy bully, if you let any of it in the door, Chanukah will be blown out the window. But just as Republicans don\’t own family values, Christians haven\’t appropriated winter gladness and glitter.

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