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Recipes Banana Charoset (No Kidding)
An audacious twist on a Passover staple. Photograph by Michael Bennett Kress Charoset is the element on the Seder plate that represents the mortar used by the Israelite slaves to build bricks. Growing up, I had Seders almost exclusively at my parents’ house or at a handful of other relatives’ homes, and everyone made the…
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Recipes Crunchy Quinoa With Sweet Potatoes
Photograph by Michael Bennett Kress Quinoa is the greatest new addition to the Passover pantry. It finally received definitive rabbinic approval for Passover in 2014, after a rabbi was dispatched to Peru and Bolivia to see how quinoa is grown. He learned that quinoa grows at very high altitudes, while the grains that are prohibited…
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Recipes Sephardic Poached Fish in Pepper Sauce
Photograph by Michael Bennett Kress This recipe is versatile and can be made with any type of white fish or salmon. You can really kick up the spice factor by adding a tablespoon of store-bought harissa or some more chili powder, hot paprika or red pepper flakes. This dish also can be served as a…
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Recipes Baked Apples With Vanilla-Walnut Charoset
Franklin Becker’s charoset dessert. Photograph courtesy of The Little Beet Everyone loves a good apple pie. Growing up in Brooklyn, in the primarily Jewish neighborhood of Midwood, meant eating lots of traditional sweets like apple strudel and rugelach. I always loved the texture of nuts and fruit together, specifically, that sweet but tart profile combining…
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Recipes Mouthwatering Orange-Scented Macaroons
Photographs by Gayle L. Squires The Passover tradition that’s been handed down from generation to generation in my family is the luxury of a catered Seder. But we’ve always supplemented the cookie and cake plate with extra desserts. At my grandparents’ table, it was Bubbe’s layered and fruit-studded gelatin mold. At my aunt’s, a large…
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Recipes Cooking for Passover Like a 5-Star Kosher Chef
Inbal Hotel Jerusalem, where the chef offered an online how-to on holiday cooking. Courtesy Inbal Hotel. (JTA) – At this time of year I always ask around to my friends and neighbors for new and creative Passover recipes — and if I can stand upright after chasing after crumbs of chametz, helping my kids prepare…
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Books A Perfectly Modern Passover
This is an occasional column in which the writer evaluates a cookbook by making some of its recipes, sharing the dishes with friends and asking those friends what they think of the results. For Passover, the writer cooked her way through “Modern Jewish Cooking: Recipes & Customs for Today’s Kitchen,” by Forward writer and contributing…
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Books Roasted Beet Salad With Preserved Lemon
Photograph by Sang An With all due respect to the classic pairing of beets and goat cheese, there are other ways to serve cooked beets! Take this salad, which tosses them with preserved lemon, fennel, basil and capers. The lemon and capers act as a tangy counterpart to the sweet Mediterranean root, and the fresh…
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