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Recipes #TBT From Bubbe’s Kitchen: Pickles
I am not a bubbe — and hope not to be for a long time. But I do make pickles, and imagine they’re not very different from the ones my grandmother might have made — though she probably would have stuck with cucumbers, which you can do if you wish. I like to pickle whatever…
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Recipes 7 Sweets for the Most Romantic Jewish Holiday You’ve Never Heard Of
Tu B’av is being called the Jewish holiday of love. Here, some dessert recipes to help spark passion in the kitchen and elsewhere. Plum Cake With Lime and Rose It doesn’t get much better than this. Summer fruit, a hint of rose… and thou. Homemade Cherry-Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream Sandwiches Food editor Liza Schoenfein’s homemade…
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Recipes Everything Bagel Butter
Makes 12 to 16 ounces butter (plus 2 cups buttermilk) For the Everything Bagel Seasoning 3 tablespoons dried minced onion 2 tablespoons white sesame seeds 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds 1 tablespoon poppy seeds 1 tablespoon onion powder 1½ teaspoons kosher salt For the butter 1 quart heavy cream 1) To make the everything bagel…
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Recipes Griddle Pita & Herbed Farmer’s Cheese
Adapted from a Pearlstone Center recipe. This recipe leaves measurements up for interpretation, which makes it great for experimentation with kids. If you prefer measurements, use a ratio of 2 cups flour to ¾ cups water and add other ingredients to taste. For more specifics, try this recipe (for a no-yeast option) or this one…
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Recipes Easiest Cold Cucumber Soup
This is an adaptation of my mom’s recipe, which she shared with me long ago, before Greek yogurt was a thing. It’s a perfect dish for the dog days of summer. Many recipes recommend salting the cucumbers to remove excess liquid. I don’t find this step necessary here, but if you’re a cucumber-prep purist, go…
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Recipes TBT From Bubbe’s Kitchen: Rosemary Ricotta Blintzes with Strawberry Rhubarb Sauce
My love for most traditional carb-loaded Jewish foods began at first bite. Challah, matzo balls, kugel, they’ve all always topped my list for ultimate comfort and I don’t discriminate if they’re store-bought or freshly made from scratch. This has sadly not been the case with cheese blintzes. Until I started making them at home, I…
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Recipes The Best Matzo Ball Soup In The World
James Beard Foundation This recipe is reprinted with permission from “The Mensch Chef: Or Why Delicious Jewish Food Isn’t an Oxymoron. This is an approximation of the matzo ball recipe my mother always used. It is based on the one on the matzo meal box, but with a few important modifications to account for my…
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Recipes Feed Your Olympic Fever With Brazil’s National Dish, Feijoada
Feijoada, one of Brazilian’s national dishes, is adored by rich and poor alike. It’s soul food: black beans and many kinds of pork meat stewed together in one pungent, satisfying dish. When I lived in Rio de Janeiro as a teenager, my mother’s cook would sometimes concoct a kosher rendition for us on a Sunday,…
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