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Cook the Book: Let My Children Cook
Don’t worry if you are too tired to cook again after the Seders this Passover. Thanks to a new cookbook by Tamar Ansh, you can let the kids take over the kitchen for the rest of the weeklong holiday. They won’t necessarily prepare fancy dishes made with organic and locally sourced ingredients, but with the…
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Fair Trade Chocolate Charoset
SHEHECHIYANU! We can finally eat chocolate on Passover that’s been certified not to have been made with trafficked child labor! Why is this so important? Every Passover we gather as family and community, to celebrate our people’s freedom. We are obligated to tell the story of the Exodus, our journey from slavery to liberation. As…
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Recipes Red Velvet Macaroon Cake Is for Lovers
There is a sad truth about Passover: Its dessert always falls short. Hanukkah has donuts, Purim has hamantaschen and Rosh Hashanah has honey cake. Poor Passover has no signature sweet. Perhaps you’ve put in the extra effort to make a kosher for Passover cake for your Seders past, but if you’re like me, you’ve never…
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Recipes Meet Mitchell Davis: Matzo Ball Master
When it comes to making the perfect matzo ball, Mitchell Davis doesn’t believe in baking soda, seltzer or good luck. He believes in his mother’s recipe. And really, really good chicken stock. Davis should know — he is the executive vice president of the James Beard Foundation, the country’s most prestigious culinary organization, and a…
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Manischewitz: Now Brought to You by Bain Capital
Matzot on a cooling conveyor Manischewitz factory in Newark, New Jersey. Photo by Bloomberg via Haaretz Kosher food giant Manischewitz, whose matzot are known to generations of Jews in the United States and elsewhere, is expected to announce on Tuesday that it has been purchased by Sankaty Advisors, an arm of the private equity giant…
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The Oldest Matzo Maker in France
wikicommons (JTA) — For most Jews, matzah season comes once a year. But for Jean-Claude Neymann, matzah, or “pain azyme” in French, is a defining family tradition. Neymann runs the oldest matzah bakery in France, located in the town of Wasselonne near the German border. The family company, Etablissements Rene Neymann, traces its matzah-making tradition…
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Katz’s Wins in a Battle of the ‘Reuben Orgasm’
Katz’s Deli is the one and only Katz’s in town — and don’t you forget it. The 125-year-old deli recently won a legal battle against a food truck called “Katz & Dogz,” arguing that the moniker was an attempt to co-opt the famed-restaurant’s name. “It has taken over a century of dedication, hard work and…
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The Country’s Best Restaurant Seders
It could be because your apartment doesn’t fit your mishpokhe without turning your bed into additional seats. It could be because making matzo balls ends in a family dispute on the best rolling technique. Or it could be because you interpret the tradition of leaning at the Seder as leaning back instead of cooking. No…
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Recipes The Complete Guide To Hosting a Seder
Hosting a Passover Seder combines the culinary expectations of Thanksgiving with an Iron Chef like challenge: Cook an entire multi-course meal without leavening. It’s pretty daunting. But, with a bit of planning, it makes a great cooking project for a family or a group of friends, the results are delicious and it gives you culinary…
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6 Kosher Wines To Sip This Seder
Kosher wine maker and collector Jeff Morgan says the kosher wine world is experiencing an “ongoing renaissance” — particularly in Israel and America and, to a lesser extent, in Europe. Here are his recommendations for exceptional bottles for the Seder table: Covenant Lavan Chardonnay Sonoma Mountain 2011, California ($38) This wine is sourced from a…
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Recipes Move Over Elijah! Julia Child Is Coming to Seder
Your bread may be swept away, the table set and macaroons purchased, but it really isn’t Passover until the aroma of brisket fills the house. On a holiday without freshly baked challah, no other scent compares to the nostalgic smell of slow cooked tender meat atop a bed of vegetables or nestled into a thick…
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