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Jewish Food

Time challenged?  Picky kids? St. Louisan offers food prep tips from new cookbook

Time challenged? Picky kids? St. Louisan offers food prep tips from new cookbook

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 6, 2022

Dini Klein, a St. Louis native and Epstein Hebrew Academy alum, has a large online following, with 150,000 followers on Instagram. Klein specializes in sharing food prep tips for busy households. Her Prep...

Brisket tacos and carrot slaw

Celebrate National Taco Day with these brisket tacos

By Rebecca Firkser, The Nosher via JTAPublished October 3, 2022

When I was growing up, I knew brisket as an island of meat in a sea of sweet brownish-red sauce with carrot-plank buoys. Every holiday, this was plunked in the center of the table alongside a loaf of...

This treat is the most refreshing way to break your Yom Kippur fast

This treat is the most refreshing way to break your Yom Kippur fast

BY TANNAZ SASSOONI, Special For The Jewish LightPublished October 3, 2022
The fruity, floral treat is somewhere between a beverage and a dessert.
Brazilian Jews and Arabs hold hummus championship to celebrate coexistence — and food

Brazilian Jews and Arabs hold hummus championship to celebrate coexistence — and food

Marcus M. Gilban, JTAPublished September 28, 2022

SAO PAULO (JTA) — Brazilian Jews, Christians and Muslims celebrated their peaceful coexistence in Latin America’s largest nation with a competition centered on one of the Middle East’s signature...

Mel Brooks drinking coffee photographed by Carl Reiner while the two were writers for Your Show of Shows, c. 1950-1954 in The Automat.
Photo courtesy of A Slice of Pie Productions

A brief history of coffee and Jews on National Coffee Day

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 28, 2022

Who doesn’t love their coffee in the morning? I know I do, which got me thinking, could there be a Jewish connection to the joe in my mug? The answer: there is and it's quite interesting. The rich...

Port St. Louis, 4283 Olive, Gaslight Square

Lost Tables: Remembering Port St. Louis

Harley Hammerman, Special For The Jewish LightPublished September 27, 2022

Wade DeWoskin belonged to a large Jewish family that included St. Louis Jewish Light Editor-in-Emeritus, Bob Cohn. DeWoskin opened Port St. Louis in Gaslight Square in October of 1960. "My dad had...

Fall in St. Louis means it's time to embrace the Jewishness of the pumpkin

Fall in St. Louis means it’s time to embrace the Jewishness of the pumpkin

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 27, 2022

Dear Reader, Fall has officially begun, and it appears the summer heat that has endured here in St. Louis is finally gone. It's time now to think about fall-like things, Rosh Hashanah, Yom, Kippur,...

Aunt Annette's Holiday Brisket with sweet wine and dried fruits

Aunt Annette’s Holiday Brisket with sweet wine and dried fruits

Published September 22, 2022

One Bonus Recipe Last April, we reported how Jewish BBQ master Steven Raichlen had brought his cooking show to St. Louis, shooting an entire season of shows at Union Station. He is also the author of...

15 scrumpdillyicious brisket recipes from the Jewish Light archives

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 22, 2022

For many, brisket is the epitome of "Jewish food." In fact, last year brisket edged out bagels in our "Jewish Food March Madness" tournament. Like many popular Jewish foods, brisket worked its way into...

Shannon Sarna

Why American Jews Eat Brisket on Rosh Hashanah

Joanna O’Leary, MyJewishLearningPublished September 21, 2022

This September, many Jews across the United States will bring in the new year by feasting on a juicy, glistening brisket. But what led this dish to ascend as the star of the Rosh Hashanah meals in America?...

Reader says this recipe will change my mind about honey cake

Reader says this recipe will change my mind about honey cake

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 19, 2022

In Monday's Morning Light email, I opened my heart and my belly to you all, admitting that I'm just not into this whole honey cake phenomenon. Many of you have sent in messages of support. One reader,...

Here’s what 5 chefs from around the world are making this Rosh Hashanah

Rachel RinglerPublished September 19, 2022

This article originally appeared on The Nosher. We asked five noted chefs and food writers what they will serve at home to mark the Jewish New Year, and (spoiler alert) they all plan to weave symbols...

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