My thoughts on Jewish food.
In the run-up to Sukkot, it’s nice to bake a variety of cookies. Most cookies keep well, even at room temperature. Biscotti or Mandelbrot are pretty much the same thing and are traditionally enjoyed with a glass of tea at the end of a meal. They are also far easier to prepare than most cookies. …
Canny cooks like to incorporate symbolic foods into salads to be served at the beginning of the Rosh Hashanah meal, such as this butternut squash and spinach salad. The symbolic foods have accompanying verses we recite at the table that play on the names of each food. In this recipe, butternut squash stands in for …
Looking for a simple main course for your holiday table? Look no further than this sweet and savory chicken dish that requires no special culinary skills to come out perfect, every time you make and serve it. It’s sweet enough to qualify as a Rosh Hashanah main while savory enough to please those who don’t …
Sweet and sour brisket is a classic for Rosh Hashana. It’s savory, sweet, and a little tart, all at the same time. It also freezes well so you can make and slice in advance, and set it up in pans to pull out of your freezer, all ready to reheat on your hotplate. I like …
With the holidays coming up, canny cooks are cooking items that freeze well and storing them away to avoid any exhausting last-minute rush to get it all done. The following carrot kugel is noteworthy for several reasons. For one thing, it makes a lot! Probably more than the 12 servings listed here for yield. Also, …
Israel may be the land of citrus fruits, but friends tell us that lemons disappear from most supermarkets at this time of year, through the end of the Jewish High Holidays. The good news is that preserved lemons are even more delicious than regular lemons and every canny Israeli housewife has a jar or two …
We are in love with the flavor of preserved or pickled lemons, but were surprised to discover there aren’t many recipes for baked goods using this lemony condiment, so ubiquitous to the Middle East. Wanting to make some lemon and olive oil biscotti, but being out of lemons and too lazy to go to the …
We are big into salads during the hottest days of summer. This potato and green bean salad is a particular favorite since it can even be used as a main course, thanks to the fact that combining potatoes and green beans turns the two into a protein. Thus you’ve got a green vegetable, a hearty …
When temperatures are hot, pasta salads thrill with their medley of textures and cool flavors. This one is kid-tested and they’ll even eat the broccoli because it’s still got crunch. A palate-pleaser for the hottest days of summer, but really anytime. Because it makes a whole lot and it’s totally delicious. Easy Pasta and Broccoli …
The Three Weeks are upon us and it’s hot. When it’s sweltering and you can’t eat meat, what better way to dine than on this lovely dish of Greek fish steaks, served cold? Make it in the morning, and eat it at night for dinner, after the fish spends a lengthy stint in a cold …