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Moroccan Fish
It is most befitting that my fish chapter starts with my all time favorite fish recipe. Although my grandmother is mentioned many times throughout this book, no dish brings her memory flooding back to me like this one. Scooping up the sauce with a piece of challah while nudging a piece of the tender fish…
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TweetYourShabbat: Yom Kippur confessions of Shabbat cooking
#tweetyourshabbat is a global movement founded by Carly Pildis, celebrating the struggle and joy of getting Shabbat on the table every week. This is a place for real dinners and real conversations about Jewish life. Join us at Forward in sharing what you’ll be eating and how your feeling this week at #TweetYourShabbat The gates…
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The Jewish Herbal: Healing with pomegranate
“The Jewish Herbal: Mystical Reflections on Food, Nature and Urban Farming” is a regular column by Devorah Brous charting the ways we can reconnect with ourselves in harmony with nature. Devorah is an urban homesteader, lifecycle ritualist, and green consultant in Los Angeles. Find her at From Soil2Soul. Walk with me over to the pomegranate…
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Citrus Chicken With Carrots and Baby Potatoes (Pollo con Limón y Naranja, Zanahorias y Papitas)
1 pound roma tomatoes ¼ cup vegetable oil 4 pounds chicken pieces, such as thighs, breasts, drumsticks, patted dry 1 teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt, or to taste ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste 2 cups chopped white onion 4 garlic cloves, pressed or finely chopped 1 teaspoon dried oregano ½…
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White Rice With Toasted Angel Hair Pasta (Arroz Blanco con Fideos)
Serves 6–8 2 cups white rice ¼ cup vegetable oil ¼ lb, or about 1, cup angel hair pasta, broken into pieces ¼ cup white onion, finely chopped 1 garlic clove 4 cups water or chicken broth 1 tbsp fresh lime juice, optional 1 tsp kosher or sea salt, or to taste Soak the white…
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Orange and Almond Flan (Flan de Naranja y Almendra)
Serves 12 1 cup sugar for caramel 1½ cups peeled and slivered almonds ¾ cup sugar for flan 10 eggs 1¾ cups orange juice Grated zest of an orange 2 tbsp quince liquor, or Grand Marnier, optional Preheat the oven to 360 degrees. In a pan, heat the cup of sugar over low heat until…
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Nondairy ‘Dairy Delicious’ Soup With Dumplings
If you grew up in the Five Towns in the 1990s you understand why this soup, which is absolutely pareve, is called “the Dairy Delicious” soup. Although every family I knew had a different name for that restaurant, its onion rolls, rice and cheese, and perogies were Five Towns’ staples, along with their famous soups!…
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Tuna Salad
A perfect tuna melt is served on toasted Jewish rye with melted Cheddar, some fresh greens, and our Pickled Mustard. Makes 2 cups [265 g] One 5 ounces [142 g] can water-packed albacore tuna, drained 5 tablespoons [75 g] mayonnaise 1 tablespoon whole-grain Dijon or brown deli mustard 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion 2…
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Blackberry Torta della Nonna
The fact that I know the secret to this torta makes me feel like a part of my Italian mentor Edgarda Bergonzi’s family. She taught me how to make it, and she learned it from her mother, who’d learned it from her mother. The first time I saw it, I thought it must have been…
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Persian Mixed-Herb and Feta Frittata
Serves 4 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, finely diced 1 garlic clove, grated or minced 1½ teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste ½ teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground turmeric ½ teaspoon ground coriander 12 large eggs ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 cup chopped fresh parsley, plus more…
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How chefs are making Yom Kippur break fast in a freakishly uncommon year
Yom Kippur is a time of prayer and personal reflection, bookended with meaningful meals: a light supper before the fast begins, and a more celebratory break fast when the atoning is complete. Some choose to start and end quietly as a family, while others do so by welcoming or visiting friends and relatives. This year…
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