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4 New Cookbooks Offer New Foods For The New Year — And One Of Them’s Bacon
The Jewish Daily Forward (September 2017)
The 2017 cookbooks that will help you make a shehechiyanu-deserving dish for the Rosh Hashanah table.
How To Host A Stress-Free Shabbat Meal, Step By Step
The Jewish Daily Forward (June 2017)
Shaky on the logistics of throwing a Shabbat lunch or dinner? Here’s everything you need to know.
Invited To A Seder? Here’s What To Bring Your Host
The Jewish Daily Forward (April 2017)
Food-related gifts to thank your seder host.
Five Fantastic Books to Give Your Seder Hosts
The Jewish Daily Forward (March 2017)
Three new cookbooks and two haggadahs to thank your seder host.
5 Dishes. 5 Stories. So Jewish.
The Jewish Daily Forward (March 2017)
Chefs, bubbies and food mavens gathered to talk about the recipes that influenced their lives.
The Definitive Guide to Kosher Dining in New York City
Thrillist (March 2017)
14 of the best kosher restaurants in Manhattan, including a few schlep-worthy excursions into the outer boroughs.
NY Shuk Offers Israeli Condiments and Cooking Classes to Give — or Take
The Jewish Daily Forward (December 2016)
Driven by an infectious passion for their culinary heritage, an Israeli couple introduced a line of handmade harissa and spice mixtures — along with classes and dinners.
The Perfect Chrismukkah Cookie
The Jewish Daily Forward (December 2016)
A recipe for tahini sandwich cookie for an Israeli-tinged cookie to Santa’s plate, or a Christmas-inspired treat to your Hanukkah fry-fest.
A Tahini Set for Hanukkah
The Jewish Daily Forward (December 2016)
Gift guide for Hanukkah – Soom tahini and short stack tahini cookbook to ring in the year of sesame.
How to Start a Kindness Revolution – With Cookies
The Jewish Daily Forward (November 2016)
Dorie’s Cookies comes at a great time to encourage us all to bake and share and make the world a better place, one cookie at a time, including a recipe for Kerrin’s multigrain chocolate chip cookies.
New Book Breaks Code for Making Breads Bakery’s Babka, Challah and Burekas at Home
The Jewish Daily Forward (October 2016)
Uri Scheft’s first English language cookbook Breaking Breads and a recipe for cheese burekas for Sukkot.
Eggplant Offers Surprisingly Savory (and Kosher) Bacon Alternative
The Jewish Daily Forward (October 2016)
With Raquel Pelzel‘s new Short Stack Eggplant cookbook, you can slice, salt, marinate and dehydrate your way to a vegetarian version of what many call the gateway drug to treyf.
A Memoir of Treyf Truthtelling
The Jewish Daily Forward (September 2016)
Discussion of Elissa Altman’s memoir, Treyf: My Life as an Unorthodox Outlaw.
‘Gefilte’ Authors Spread Gospel of Ashkenazi Food in New Book
The Jewish Daily Forward (September 2016)
Equal parts gefilte and manifesto, the Gefilte Manifesto cookbook aims to nurture a renaissance of old world Jewish food.
Kosher Poke Hits New York as Hawaiian Craze Spreads
The Jewish Daily Forward (August 2016)
Opening night at Koshe Poke.
Scrolled and Rolled Megillah Buns
The Jewish Daily Forward (March 2016)
Ellie Levi, the “Baking Architect” prepares sweet buns inspired by the megillah scroll for Purim mishloach manot gifts.
Bialys With a Mission From ‘Hot Bread Kitchen’
The Jewish Daily Forward (December 2015)
A review of the Hot Bread Kitchen cookbook.
A Latke Alternative With an Italian Accent
The Jewish Daily Forward (November 2015)
Sicilian chickpea fritters for Hanukkah this year.
Cornbread Stuffing With Mushrooms, Delectable and Dairy Free
The Jewish Daily Forward (November 2015)
Breaking my family tradition of stuffing from a box, I developed a parve from-scratch cornbread to mix with mushroom and serve alongside our turkey this year.
Michael Solomonov Shares Israeli Recipes and Recollections in ‘Zahav’
The Jewish Daily Forward (October 2015)
Michael Solomon’s first cookbook with recipes for several salads and Iraqi laffa bread.
Enjoy Sukkot, Sicilian Style and recipe for Cassatelle (ricotta-filled turnovers)
The Jewish Daily Forward (September 2015)
Turnovers stuffed with ricotta, a Sicilian take on traditional Sukkot foods.
Fig Sorbet for Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish Daily Forward (August 2015)
A new year sorbet inspired by fresh figs I slurped in Sicily.
Back-pocket Plum Cake for Holidays – or Any Time and recipe for Plum cake with lime and rose
The Jewish Daily Forward (August 2015)
The cake recipe I pull out of my back pocket for a versatile, no-fuss dessert.
Paris-inspired Spicy Carrot Salad
The Jewish Daily Forward (July 2015)
The spicy carrot salad that helped me feel at home in Paris.
A Stirring Memoir, With Recipes
The Jewish Daily Forward (July 2015)
An interview with Jessica Fechtor, first time author, graduate student, and blogger; including recipes for Marcella’s butter almond cake and five-fold challah
Mindy Segal’s ‘Cookie Love’
The Jewish Daily Forward (May 2015)
Mindy Segal’s cookie cookbook with an entire chapter dedicated to rugelach, including a recipe for strawberry rhubarb rugelach with oatmeal streusel
Mouthwatering Orange-Scented Macaroons
The Jewish Daily Forward (March 2015)
Coconut macaroons with orange blossom water
Harissa Chili to Warm the Home and Housewarming Harissa Chili, the Recipe
The Jewish Daily Forward (February 2015)
The chili that made my new apartment feel like a home
Time to Make the Doughnuts and Splendid Sufganiyot, Step by Step
The Jewish Daily Forward (December 2014)
The story of my first batch of sufganiyot
Waving Bye-Bye to Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Pie Alternative: Marta’s Torta di Zucca
The Jewish Daily Forward (November 2014)
Marta‘s head baker shares his recipe for torta di zucca, Italian winter squash and olive oil cake
Baking Chez Dorie Greenspan
The Jewish Daily Forward (November 2014)
In which I chat with Dorie Greenspan and bake fruit-and-nut croquants from her latest book, Baking Chez Moi
Revitalizing Wooden Ware: Beeswax and Mineral Wood Preserver
Eat Boutique (April 2014)
How I brought new life to the South African wooden bowl I cherish
A Bouquet of Persian Purim Sweets
The Jewish Daily Forward (March 2014)
A few drops of Persian rose and orange blossom waters will add an exotic touch to your Purim celebrations
Fog Linen Apron and Harissa Chili
Eat Boutique (February 2014)
The story of an apron and the chili that put it to the test
What We’re Loving: Champagne
Eat Boutique (December 2013)
Welcome the New Year with a sparkle
What We’re Loving: Spirited Punches
Eat Boutique (November 2013)
Prepare these punches in advance, pour into a large bowl or pitcher, and let your guests serve themselves so you can focus on the food this holiday
Guest Editors: Yotam Ottolenghi’s Restaurant Recipes
Food52 (September 2013)
Recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi’s and Sami Tamimi’s first cookbook, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook
5 Questions: Yotam Ottolenghi on Israeli Cooking
Food52 (September 2013)
Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi share their thoughts on Israeli cooking, food inspirations, and their favorite ways to cook at home
Small Batch: Chocolate-Covered Graham Crackers
Food52 (September 2013)
Cookies inspired by the ones my grandmother used to bribe me with so I’d drink milk
Menu Ideas: A Rosh Hashanah Smorgasbord
Food52 (August 2013)
Welcome 5774 and autumn with a variety of recipes, whether you’re setting a traditional or modern table, are Ashkenazi or Sephardi, serving dairy or meat, or just want to eat great food
Food History 101: The Rosh Hashanah Seder Plate
Food52 (August 2013)
Turns out Passover isn’t the only Jewish holiday with a seder plate
Come to the table: Hey Pesto
Jerusalem Post (August 2013)
Grab a bunch of herbs from your garden, scrounge around your pantry and fridge, and improvise your own pesto
Come to the Table: Salad Days of Winter
Jerusalem Post (February 2013)
For the next few weeks, follow this basic formula for winter salads and don’t let the best of the season pass you by
Come to the Table: Olive Oil Lovin’
Jerusalem Post (December 2012)
Skip the fried this Hanukkah and choose an extra virgin olive oil to bake with
Come to the Table: Jerusalem: Live in the Kitchen
Jerusalem Post (November 2012)
Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi help you bring Jerusalem to the kitchen table with their most recent cookbook
Come to the Table: Grill Time, Come Rain or Shine
Jerusalem Post (October 2012)
Grilling in the Time of Tabernacles (with a nod to Gabriel García Márquez)
Come to the Table: A Sticky Situation
Jerusalem Post (September 2012)
What do you do if you don’t like honey cake? Develop a recipe that you do like
Come to the Table: Savor the Last Fruits of Summer
Jerusalem Post (August 2012)
Bake tarts and cakes with summer fruits to hold on to those last summer days
Come to the Table: Plenty of Fish in the Panama Canal
Jerusalem Post (August 2012)
Ask a Panamanian chef for a recipe, and she’ll gladly share
Come to the Table: Baking with Flower
Jerusalem Post (July 2012)
Make room next to vanilla on your spice rack for rose water and orange blossom water
Come to the Table: Spanish Bar Crawl Souvenir
Jerusalem Post (June 2012) Sample tapas in Seville and make your own at home
Hanukkah Sufganiyot
Public Radio Kitchen (December 2011)
Embrace the oil and fry jelly doughnuts
Around the World with a Kosher Menu
Kosher Eye (December 2011)
International foods to welcome 2012
Thanksgiving Memories at Bubbie’s
Kosher Eye (November 2011)
Our family Thanksgiving traditions
Challah and our Annual Review
PresenTense Issue 15 (October 2011), p. 46 (link to article here)
Meditations on the new year
Here’s to a Spicy New Year
Public Radio Kitchen (September 2011)
While some want a sweet new year, I want a spicy one
Contributions and Mentions (including photographs)
Edible Cooks: Soup
Edible Boston (Winter 2014)
Recipe for black bean soup with cumin labne
Sufganiyot: Jelly Doughnuts
WorldLifestyle (November 2013)
29 Miraculous Foods To Make For Hanukkah
Buzzfeed (November 2013) – includes recipe for Olive Oil Orange Cake
Delicious Links
The Kitchn (October 24, 2013)
What We’ve Been Reading
What’s Cookin/Snooth (October 27, 2012)
Cook of the week
Food52 (October 19, 2012)
Scenes from the First Annual Taste of WGBH Food & Wine Festival Barbara Lynch’s Tomato Tarte Tatin
WGBH (September 2012)
Event photographer
The Tomato (PDF here)
Edible Boston (Fall 2012)
Recipe for caramelized tomato tarte tatin
Best Kosher Food Blog 2011
Joy of Kosher (February 2012)
Recipes that Travel
Whisk Magazine (November 2011)
Victoria Dweck interviews me about my travels, blog, and recipes
Season to Taste: Bake, Broil, Blog
Hadassah Magazine (September 2011)
Adeena Sussman writes about Jewish food bloggers and includes my recipe for apple cake
Links We Love
Saveur (August 2011)
“Even though the weather’s cooling down and hot drinks will soon be warming our hands, there’s still time to enjoy a few more cups of iced coffee. And it’s not too late to learn how to cold-brew it yourself! [Kosher Camembert]”
The Hadassah Everyday Cookbook
Leah Koenig (March 2011)
Includes recipes for asparagus avocado salad, quinoa mango salad with lime-cumin dressing, almond butter chocolate chip cookies, and mocha/espresso shortbread
Top 10 Jewish Food Blogs
PresenTense (March 2010)
Great site. Was wondering how you got the name for your site. If looking to make kosher cheese please let me know.