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Mouthwatering Orange-Scented Macaroons
Photographs by Gayle L. Squires The Passover tradition that’s been handed down from generation to generation in my family is the luxury of a catered Seder. But we’ve always supplemented the cookie and cake plate with extra desserts. At my grandparents’ table, it was Bubbe’s layered and fruit-studded gelatin mold. At my aunt’s, a large…
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Recipes Cooking for Passover Like a 5-Star Kosher Chef
Inbal Hotel Jerusalem, where the chef offered an online how-to on holiday cooking. Courtesy Inbal Hotel. (JTA) – At this time of year I always ask around to my friends and neighbors for new and creative Passover recipes — and if I can stand upright after chasing after crumbs of chametz, helping my kids prepare…
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Books A Perfectly Modern Passover
This is an occasional column in which the writer evaluates a cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing the dishes with friends and asking those friends what they think of the results. For Passover, the writer cooked her way through “Modern Jewish Cooking: Recipes & Customs for Today’s Kitchen,” by Forward writer and contributing…
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Books Roasted Beet Salad With Preserved Lemon
Photograph by Sang An With all due respect to the classic pairing of beets and goat cheese, there are other ways to serve cooked beets! Take this salad, which tosses them with preserved lemon, fennel, basil and capers. The lemon and capers act as a tangy counterpart to the sweet Mediterranean root, and the fresh…
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The Weekly Dish
Greenberg’s Apple Macaroon Cake. Photograph courtesy of William Greenberg Desserts We love sweets from NYC’s William Greenberg Desserts, and we’re grateful the company cranks out such luscious kosher-for-Passover treats. They make great gifts for your Seder hosts, and show-stoppers for dessert at your own feast. Favorites: rich apple macaroon cake that translates as almond sponge…
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A Jewish Perspective on Preserving
Canned vegetables await processing at the 2014 Hazon Food Conference. Two hundred pounds of tomatoes. Some big and red and juicy, some yellow, some tiny cherry tomatoes, a pile of colorful beefsteaks and even a box of ripe green tomatoes with beautiful dark green veins. This summer, two hundred pounds of tomatoes passed through our…
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Wine for Passover, Elegant Enough For All Year
Fill the Four Cups With Any Of These Crisp Whites and Rich Reds, All Under $30. Image: Thinkstock I have a soft spot in my heart for Manischewitz, the Kosher wine served at so many Sabbath dinners and Seders, because it was the first wine I ever tasted. Being allowed this wine at Passover when…
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Recipes Chocolate-Charoset Truffles for Passover
Plan to make extra Sephardic-style charoset so you have enough to whip up these easy and delicious Passover confections. Photograph by Deborah R. Prinz. This is a great combination of chocolate and a Sephardi version charoset, the Passover fruit concoction representing the building of granaries by the Hebrew slaves. Use this charoset recipe for your…
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Recipes The Seder Plate in a Glass
This Passover-themed take on a vodka martini incorporates fresh horseradish and parsley. Photograph by Liza Schoenfein At one Passover Seder I attended, all the guests brought dishes to contribute to the meal. As each person entered the apartment, the words “Do you have a bowl for this?” were uttered. Since that day, I have thought…
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14 Brisket Quotations From a Braised-Meat Maven
Thinkstock Yes, it is meltingly tender, a hallowed tradition, the ultimate comfort food, the meat that people who don’t eat meat do eat. (Before I wrote “The Brisket Book,” I thought that was a little odd too.) And brisket — multitasker extraordinaire — is not only delicious, it is also deliciously quotable. Observations, opinions, advice,…
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Recipes VIDEO: How to Make the Best Boozy Brisket
Brisket video from the Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. Holiday food doesn’t have to be a huge production. The most beloved dishes are often the simplest, and if they can be made ahead, then all the better. Brisket is one of these. Long, slow cooking in flavorful liquid transforms a tough lump of protein into…
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