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Beth Lee’s ‘The Essential Jewish Baking Cookbook’ has essential Rosh Hashanah recipes
Some day in the (hopefully) not too distant future, when talk turns to how productive or unproductive we were during Covid, Beth Lee will be able to best many of us: She wrote a cookbook. Not only that, but it’s her first. And it came together in a matter of months. “The Essential Jewish Baking…
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Recipes Branzino à la Frank
The fish head is a staple of the Rosh Hashanah feast, a symbol that our year should be like a head and not the tail, but you’ll usually find it relegated to the far corner of the table. Every year, I run out to the fish store before the holidays to purchase a fish head…
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Kosher Brooklyn food blogger Chanie Apfelbaum goes Italian
When Chanie Apfelbaum, founder of the Busy in Brooklyn kosher food blog, returned from a trip she made to Italy this summer, she brought back a new mantra: “Scale it back,” she said. “Tone it down.” Apfelbaum, an observant Jew, lives in Brooklyn, has five children, a cookbook, “Millennial Kosher,” under her belt, another kosher…
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East Coast v. West Coast Bagels, so which are better?
In the scheme of things —Afghanistan, global warming, the Delta variant— the “Great Bagel Off” may not ask the most urgent question, and yet 2,500 people signed up to hear the answer. That’s right: 2,500. Not to actually eat bagels. Just to watch other people eat them, and decide: Which coast does have the best…
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Recipes Za’atar Roasted Eggplant with Tahini
I cook a whole lot of eggplant in this book because it’s one of the most versatile veggies, and can take on a myriad of textures depending on how you cook it. This roasted number is a meatier vegetable side that can stand up to any protein, or even stand-in for one as the topper…
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Recipes Marakesh Carrot Tsimmes
Adding a savory element to this annual classic makes you wonder why you don’t have it more often. Accompanying brisket in the fall or alongside roasted lamb or braised meats, the Marakesh Carrot Tsimmes made with silan goes well with a swirling of sauce from any warm and rich main dish. Category: Side dish Servings:…
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Recipes Braised Brisket with Ayala and Pomegranate
When preparing for the holidays, a good brisket recipe made with silan gives it maximum flavor and makes the deliciously tender outcome worth the wait. Let’s remember you don’t have to wait for holidays to make a brisket – it is technically a one-pot dish. Category: Entree Servings: 4-8 Ingredients 4-6 pounds trimmed beef brisket…
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Recipes Apple Olive Oil Cake
For holidays, good days, and days that can be made better with a little cake, this upside-down apple cake made with silan starts with a few key steps and emerges from the oven as shiny, moist, and just-sweet-enough glory. The cake is beautiful and looks as good as it tastes. Category: Dessert Servings: 8 Ingredients…
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Recipes This Rosh Hashanah, let your honey be silan — date syrup
This Rosh Hashanah, eat like an ancient Israelite. Skip the bees’ honey and go for silan, a thick syrup made from dates that has been around the Middle East for millennia. Silan is made from the fruit of the towering date palm trees that are mentioned in the Bible and are often depicted in Jewish…
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Better-than-honey cake Italian honey cookies
I’m not ashamed to admit that outside our kosher home, I don’t just eat kosher food. But admitting I don’t really like popular Jewish foods— that’s kind of embarrassing. Here’s my short list of the foods of my People that I’d be fine living without: pickled herring, chopped liver, matzo brei, sweet kugel and honey…
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A Persian meat and apple stew for Rosh Hashanah
When I was in elementary school, my family visited my cousin Rashel at her home in Maryland, and everything about the trip felt new. Rashel’s teenage daughters seemed so cool and confident, Rashel herself so relaxed and casual in her parenting style. I marveled at the rushing waters of the Potomac River and their seemingly…
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