Liza Schoenfein

Liza Schoenfein is the senior food writer for the Forward. She is also a writer and recipe developer and author of the blog Life, Death & Dinner. She was editor-in-chief of Jewish Living magazine, executive editor of Saveur, and was the editor ofGoodhousekeeping.com and Parenting.com. She has written articles and developed recipes for a wide range of publications including Elle, Saveur, Self, Fitness, Cooking Light, Country Living and Epicurious.com. She is working on a cookbook and a memoir about food and family.

In the Berkshires, farm to table recipes with a dash of social justice

Liza SchoenfeinOctober 2, 2020

“The Berkshires Farm Table Cookbook” is a deceptively slim volume containing multitudes — colorful profiles and photographs of more than 40 small farms and the people devoted to running them; 125 recipes that the farmers inspired; and compelling information about the issues they face — economic, environmental, and societal — and what can be done to tackle them. Though not specifically a Jewish cookbook — only two of the farmers are Jewish, and there is pork in these pages — there is a clear set of Jewish values that underlie the text.

Chefs share recipes for Sukkot, the outdoor holiday we need right now

Liza SchoenfeinSeptember 30, 2020

Chefs share recipes for Sukkot, the outdoor holiday we need right now

How chefs are making Yom Kippur break fast in a freakishly uncommon year

Liza SchoenfeinSeptember 24, 2020

How Chefs Are Making Yom Kippur Break Fast in 2020

Rosh Hashanah cooking during COVID — recipes & advice from food pros

Liza SchoenfeinSeptember 14, 2020

Rosh Hashanah cooking during COVID—19 recipes & advice from food pros

Danielle Renov’s new cookbook celebrates Sephardic and Askenazic food—just not raisins

Liza SchoenfeinAugust 25, 2020

There are 86 things Jerusalem-based, Long Island-born food blogger Danielle Renov wants you to know about her new kosher cookbook, “Peas Love & Carrots” — and about cooking in general. She lists them across two pages right up front, and like the book itself the list is highly practical and deeply personal — a combination Cooking 101 and Intro to the Author.