Food
Julia Turshen on home cooking: ‘Sometimes we don’t feel like it and that’s okay.’
“Simple recipes for healthy comfort food are always welcome, now more than ever.”
My grandmother’s brownies make everything better
This Shabbat, we are approaching our second Passover in the pandemic. I feel hollowed out. Empty. I miss my family. I want a large rowdy seder. The unfathomable - holiday without family - has become the routine.
I break out an old recipe book, the one my mother gave me at my bridal shower. I look through it, like a photo album of old friends. What can I cook this Shabbat before Passover? What will lift my spirits and prepare me for the holiday - and maybe use up some chametz? Finally, I find a recipe that is like an old friend - my Nana’s brownies.
Groucho Barx and Matzah Ball: Why do Jewish pets have Jewish names?
Even the most secular Jews like to proudly proclaim their background through pet names such as Latke or Mazel.
Everything bagel-flavored ice cream now exists and we don’t know what to think
Important question: Can everything bagels be a dessert?
The chef who blends kosher and soul talks Juneteenth, food as a form of resistance
“There are very few ways we can know the people who fed into our gene pool. But when we eat the same food, there’s this sense of continuity.”
The 20 best Yiddish words for discussing 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought us many challenges. But ironically, it’s also helped make 2020 a great year for learning Yiddish.
(Spiked) Watermelon Ices
Chefs share recipes for Sukkot, the outdoor holiday we need right now
Chefs share recipes for Sukkot, the outdoor holiday we need right now
Chefs share recipes for Sukkot, the outdoor holiday we need right now
Not a Lower East Side Knish
Chefs share recipes for Sukkot, the outdoor holiday we need right now
Apple Bread
Chefs share recipes for Sukkot, the outdoor holiday we need right now