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Noodles flex their versatility in sweet, savory kugels
During a recent cooking class I was teaching, several students showed an interest in Jewish foods that could be served during Chanukah, aside from the traditional potato latkes.
Core values: Apples are the stars of sweet and savory Rosh Hashanah recipes
During the celebration of Rosh Hashanah, which begins the evening of Oct. 2, ritual foods play an important part at the family meal.
Blintzes and beyond for Shavuot
The holiday of Shavuot marks the receiving of the Ten Commandments by Moses, but it’s also a kind of Jewish Thanksgiving, when farm bounty and grains — “first fruits” — were brought to the temple.
A reminder: Don’t pass over the post-seder meals
Planning Passover meals is always a wonderful challenge.
Australia’s Jewish cooking club
In the cookbook collection of nearly every Jewish family sits a sincere yet amateur plastic-ring-bound volume of recipes. A group of women known as the Monday Morning Cooking Club has adopted this tried-and-true sisterhood tradition of culinary anthropology and recipe collecting and brought it into contemporary food culture, via Sydney, Australia.
Save the self-pity, choices abound for Passover meals
For the many who feel overwhelmed by Passover because of the demands of cooking without leaven, a word or two: That should not be an obstacle.
Stuffed recipes: cabbage with meat and vegetarian grape leaves
Below are recipes for Sweet and Sour Stuffed Cabbage and Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves.
Rosh Hashanah Food: All you knead for a bounty of challah
Dipping freshly baked challah in honey is a tradition observed during the holiday of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This act combines the Shabbat bread with hopes for a sweet New Year.
VIDEO: Rachel Somekh teaches two classic Iraqi Jewish recipes — potato chops and cigars
Rachel Somekh teaches two classic Iraqi appetizers, potato chops and cigars