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2012's Best Jewish Cookbooks — Day 2

By Molly Yeh and Ben Harris

From our eight favorite books from the year — one for each night of Hanukkah — we present two below. (Check back every day this week for another two books.) They are all great holiday gifts for the passionate cook in your life or a treat for yourself. Read More


DIY Fermentation — Spicy Kimchi

By Ben Harris

DIY Fermentation — Spicy Kimchi
Sandor Katz is so intimately associated with the making of sauerkraut that he has adopted “Sandorkraut” as his nom de cuisine. The author of the book “Wild Fermentation”, Katz is a guru of sorts, spreading the gospel of one of the world’s most widely used culinary practices and in the process inspiring legions of followers to discover the ease and pleasure of home fermenting.Read More


Preaching Lost Art of Fermentation

By Ben Harris

Preaching Lost Art of Fermentation
Sandor Ellix Katz has traveled the world preaching the lost art of fermentation, which transforms ordinary foods into some of our most prized foodstuffs.Read More


A Jewish Farmer Grows in America

By Ben Harris

A Jewish Farmer Grows in America
After reporting on the biggest scandal in kosher food history, Ben Harris left journalism and the life he had anticipated to become a farmer.Read More


Montessori Movement Offers Jewish Educators an Alternative

By Ben Harris

Ayelet Lichtash has had a busy summer. In the fall, she will welcome the first class to a new preschool in North Bethesda, Md., that marries a regular Jewish curriculum with the principles of Montessori education. Her summer has been consumed with securing zoning, building a playground, recruiting teachers and inspiring parents to signRead More







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