This is the Forward’s coverage of Jewish food, which draws influence from Israeli, Middle Eastern, Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Palestinian traditions, among others.
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Food 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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Food 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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Food 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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Food 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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Food 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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Food 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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Food 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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Food 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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