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Recipes Turkish Lamb With Green Garlic
Spring is when green garlic appears at the market. These fragrant green shoots with tiny young bulbs resemble large green onions or baby leeks, and combined with green onions, they make for a delicate and aromatic stew. If you cannot find green garlic at your market, you can use garlic cloves. With the slow cooking,…
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Recipes The Secret Jewish History of Arugula
Arugula was recommended as an ideal vegetable to act as karpas – the bitter green – at the Passover Seder by Amram Ga’on, the ninth-century rabbi and Talmudic genius. There was a point in time when arugula was a code: a vegetable that said “here is the great white bobo-latte-liberal!” All the way back in…
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Recipes Chickpea Arugula Salad With Caramelized Onions
Though this salad is a modern creation, it uses several ingredients that were common in ancient and medieval Jewish cuisine. Related Arugula, chickpeas and onions are all mentioned in both the Tanakh and the Talmud, and appeared in many Jewish cuisines throughout history. This simple salad serves as a light meal or a protein- and…
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Recipes Paleo Blintzes With Blueberry Topping
Blintzes have long been a favorite Jewish comfort food. Traditionally made with white flour and refined sugar and filled with dairy, they can often create issues for those with food intolerances. This version is so incredibly delicious you’ll never miss the original! Related Makes 9 blintzes For the blintzes 5 eggs 1 cup dairy-free milk…
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Recipes Scrolled and Rolled Megillah Buns
Inspired by the shape of megilla scrolls, these cinnamon buns (still unglazed above) make mouthwatering mishloach manot, or purim gifts. Both the Gregorian and Hebrew calendars have given us a little wiggle room this year with an extra day — February 29 — and an extra month — Adar Bet. Many people welcome the month…
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Recipes Boozy Purim Truffles
Forget those stereotypes about Jews abstaining from alcohol. At , Jews must drink. The Talmud instructs: “A person is obligated to drink on Purim to confuse the difference between the phrases ‘cursed be Haman’ and ‘blessed be Mordecai.’ Megillah (7b). Why not aspire to Purim tipsiness by downing some boozy truffles. A fitting recipe, for…
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Recipes How to Make Breads Bakery Hamantaschen at Home
An assortment of Breads Bakery hamantaschen, with the poppy-seed version at the top. And we have the recipe. New York’s is known for its beautiful babka and stunning seed-studded challahs, which are available year round. Its equally exceptional hamantaschen, however, are only available at Purim. Happily, the bakery just shared its coveted recipe with us,…
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Recipes Nacho Hamantaschen? Why Not!
A crisp, savory take on the traditional triangular treat, these hamantaschen are filled with veggie crumbles and topped with salsa and creamy nacho sauce. My first kitchen memories are of baking hamantaschen with my sisters. All nine of us would gather around the table and cut out circles of pastry dough, stuff them with jam…
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