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When Bakers Do Matzo
Matzo’s known as the “bread of affliction.” And — truth be told — some boxed matzo lives up to the moniker. But more and more chefs and artisan bakers are creating their own matzos, bringing a homegrown twist to the ultimate Passover food — and, in a way, taking matzo back to its DIY roots….
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DIY Macaroons with Danny Macaroons
Danny Cohen doesn’t care much for sweets, but you would never guess it after tasting his big, chewy macaroons. The visual-artist-turned-macaroon-master started Danny Macaroons in 2010 and currently vends a variety of wacky flavors like bourbon and guava through coffee shops and flea markets around New York and Chicago. In this slideshow, Danny demonstrates how…
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Recipes ‘Save the Bubbes’ Projects Preserve Jewish Grandmothers’ Recipes Online
If ready-made and microwavable meals were the novelty foods of the ’90s, “back to basics” is the motto of the 2010s. Twenty-somethings across the country are rolling up their sleeves and joining their grandparents in their kitchens, learning to make the dishes their bubbes and zeydes were raised on — in some cases, recipes they…
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Making a Passover Tradition of Your Own
Tradition! No holiday says it louder than Passover. But what do you do when you don’t have the traditional household and extended family to celebrate with? That was the challenge my friend Karen Fink and I faced in 1996. Her Reform parents had been the family seder-makers, but they were getting tired. She leaned toward…
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Dayenu, Is It Enough?
As we celebrate the Passover Seder, we sing, Dayenu, perhaps the most recognized of Passover songs. We sing “It would have been enough” to take us of Egypt, and “it would have been enough” to split the sea, and “it would have been enough” to give us the Torah and Shabbat. But as we sit…
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On Passover Indulgence
Inspired by Buzzfeed’s 25 Delicious Ways to Use Matzoh, I am running full speed ahead into Pesach. I have lists of vegan, Pesach-friendly recipes lining my cubicle at work and shopping lists ready that I’ve prepped already. Strawberry Rhubarb. Dark Chocolate Brei. Rosemary Crepes. Cookies Galore, spiced, promising to be fluffy. I am resolved to…
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Recipes Mixing Bowl: Passover Recipe Edition
Philadelphia chef Michael Solomonov will bring tastes from Zahav to Momofuku’s “Late Night Dinner Series” in the East Village. Reserve now for the April 9 event. [Grub Street] Matzo showdown! A taste test for a product we always though was, well, tasteless. [Serious Eats] “Passover is the Olympics for mashgiachs” — shadowing the kosher supervisor…
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Oenophile-Tested, Rabbi-Approved Wines for Your Seder
We’ve been hearing it for years: kosher wine has come a long way. Sweet wines, dubbed by some as the 11th plague, are no longer the only option for Passover. Here’s a roundup of oenophile-tested, rabbi-approved picks for this year’s Seder table: The granddaddy of wine publications has picks for all budgets, from a $13…
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Who Took the Crown at the Manischewitz Cook-Off?
Before we get to the food (and believe us, we’ll get to the food), we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out how much of a rock star Newark mayor Cory Booker was at the seventh annual Man-O-Manischewitz Kosher Cook-Off on Thursday. After posing with star-struck guests, Booker took the stage to praise Manischewitz for…
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Recipes Raspberry Ganache Marjolaine
Jewel Chaudhary, mother of Arun Chaudhary, submitted this recipe for Raspberry Ganache Marjolaine for the White House Seder dinner. She originally found it in an issue of Bon Appetit in the early 1990s. “It was introduced into the family because we are big chocolate lovers, and other than jell-rings or chocolate covered macaroons it’s not…
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Recipes Ziskend Family Chick Roast Recipe
Herbie Ziskend’s grandmother, Joan Mass, sent in the follow recipe for Chicken Roast to the White House Seder, which has been served several times. “My grandmother has been using this recipe forever…[she] has been serving this dish to her kids and then her grandkids since the 1950’s,” Ziskend told us in an email. The recipe…
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