Avigail Hurvitz-Prinz
By Avigail Hurvitz-Prinz
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Food Touring Israel’s Food Landscape
Living in Tel Aviv means that I take a lot of things related to food for granted. I know that when I go to the market, veggies will be much, much cheaper than packaged foods and fresher than most places in America. I know that nearly any time of day or night I can order…
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News Yid.Dish: Charoset for Building the Pyramids
Growing up, I always understood Charoset to be symbolic of the mortar used by the Israelites enslaved by Pharaoh in their building projects. The myth of the Israelites building the pyramids, using mortar which we recall on the seder plate, seems to have made a deep impression on me because when I see Mia Rut’s…
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News Yid.dish: Ha + mohn + tashen (poppyseed filling)
Why Poppyseed Hamentaschen Are The Only True Hamentaschen – I share this short formula from my father: Mohn (poppy seed) + Taschen (pockets) = Mohntaschen (poppy seed pocket pastries) Ha (Hebrew definite article) = Hamohntaschen (Haman’s Pockets) or Purim poppy seed pocket pastries Now, I LOVE poppy seed filling Hamentashen. And seeds are a traditional…
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News Yid.Dish: Got gelt? Post-Chanukah suggestions for using up less-than-amazing chocolate
Chanukah gelt always seems like a good idea at the beginning of December, but these days, the chocolate just doesn’t seem worth fighting with the foil to eat. Similar to Rhea Yablon Kennedy’s experience, we wanted to find another way to use up our leftovers. When my roomies came back from a trip to Ohio…
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