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As good, or better, than you can get in a deli, this soup is hearty and satisfying. And if you’ve foraged the mushrooms yourself, it tastes even better. Serves 8–10 3 tablespoons olive oil 1½ cup chopped onions 1 cup chopped carrots 1 cup chopped celery 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 pound fresh porcini mushrooms,…
This colorful dish reflects the themes within Torah portion Chayei Sarah. This year, I decided to cook a recipe based on each week’s Torah portion as part of a project to better understand Jewish teachings on food and agriculture. Read: Cooking My Way Through the Torah Make: Roasted Red and Yellow Pepper Dip In Chayei…
What do Judas Iscariot and hot and sour soup have in common? A rubbery mushroom known as . The term “Jew’s ear” might make you feel funny, but it was not intended to be anti-Semitic. It’s more about the fact that these tasty mushrooms look a lot like wrinkly ears and are most often found…
Here in Portland we’re fortunate to have a year-round farmer’s market, and I’m always on the lookout for interesting, tasty, off-the-beaten-path things to make for Pesach. I love serving fresh asparagus at my seder, but it’s not in season yet, so I was looking for an alternative. Our local mushroom purveyor, Springwater Farm, offers a…
My family makes Passover a week of fresh veggies, but most of my friends will be filling up on meats and sweets and thus eating more fat, salt, sugar and cholesterol than usual. Here are some tips on lowering the fat and cholesterol in your own recipes, as well as two recipes of my own…
This soup isn’t overly rich and is hearty enough for a main course, with a salad or a green vegetable. To cut the time, use a food processor to slice the mushrooms. Serves 4 INGREDIENTS: 1/2 ounce dried wild mushrooms 1/2 of a 1-pound loaf of walnut bread, such as from Acme Bread, cut into…
This recipe is adapted from the NYTimes Jewish Cookbook, which adapted it from Design Cuisine. 2 1/2 pounds fresh mushrooms (caps & stems) (I used porcini, shitake, button and portobello, but you could use a nice combination of almost anything.) 5 tablespoons olive oil (but really, who measures olive oil?) 2 garlic gloves, crushed 3…
Dough: 1/2 cup butter 1 egg 1 tbsp sugar 2 1/4 cups flour 2 tsp baking powder 2 tbsp milk 1 tsp dried rosemary, basil, or oregano Cream butter, sugar and egg. In a separate bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and herbs together. Add 1/2 of dry mixture into wet ingredients and combine until smooth….
