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Matzah Mac & Cheese Recipe

Matzah Mac & Cheese Recipe

SONYA SANFORD, MY JEWISH LEARNINGPublished April 12, 2022

This recipe was originally published on My Jewish Learning.  I first tried “matzah mac & cheese” at my friend Daniel’s Shabbat potluck dinner. For a few years running, he hosted huge groups...

Printable Recipe: Matzah Mac & Cheese

Printable Recipe: Matzah Mac & Cheese

SONYA SANFORD, THE NOSHERPublished April 12, 2022

Ingredients 8 squares matzah, or as needed 2 cups milk 3 large eggs 1 tsp salt ½ tsp ground pepper, or to taste 1 cup sour cream 1½-2 cups shredded...

The fifth question: Why is this year’s seder so much more expensive than other seders?

The fifth question: Why is this year’s seder so much more expensive than other seders?

Louis Keene, The ForwardPublished April 11, 2022

This story was originally published on April 8 by the Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from the Forward delivered to you each morning. Stan and Esther Morhaime reviewed the receipt on...

United Provisions launches its first Passover pop-up

United Provisions launches its first Passover pop-up

Published April 11, 2022

United Provisions (6241 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63130) is launching a new Passover pop-up shopping experience inside of its grocery store in the Delmar Loop. Starting Monday, a supply of specialty kosher...

Mint Chocolate matzo and other cool new ideas for Passover

Mint Chocolate matzo and other cool new ideas for Passover

JNSPublished April 11, 2022
Kayco Kosher debuts new lineup of products just in time for Passover 2022 from leading kosher brands like Manischewitz, Gefen, Heaven & Earth and Tuscanini.
A sunflower for Ukraine? A tomato for farmworkers? Here’s why I’m sticking to the basics on my Passover seder plate.

A sunflower for Ukraine? A tomato for farmworkers? Here’s why I’m sticking to the basics on my Passover seder plate.

Published April 8, 2022

(JTA) — Olives. Tomatoes. Oranges. Artichokes. Dates. Cotton balls. And, now, sunflowers. This list might seem like a setup for a logic puzzle or a grocery run. But it is, instead, a (non-exhaustive)...

AJ Moll's recipe for "Israeli Corn Schnitzel" looks delish

AJ Moll’s recipe for “Israeli Corn Schnitzel” looks delish

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 8, 2022

Have you ever heard of Israeli Corn Schnitzel? AJ Moll, head Chef at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School and the moderator of one of our favorite local Facebook groups, St. Louis Jewish Cooks, posted...

Barney Greengrass, beloved Upper West Side deli, targeted by suspected arsonist

Barney Greengrass, beloved Upper West Side deli, targeted by suspected arsonist

Published April 7, 2022

(New York Jewish Week) – A suspected arsonist set a series of small fires on the Upper West Side on Thursday morning  — including one that destroyed the outdoor dining shed at appetizing institution...

Three generations of Israeli family make a matzah brei you will not want to miss

Haim Silberstein, Israel21c.orgPublished April 7, 2022

For Passover, ISRAEL21c producer Haim Silberstein begged his mother, Rosie, to share her special family matzah brei recipe with our readers. Haim’s sister, Orna Silberstein, and daughter, Tamar, also...

Kohn's CROPPED

Kohn’s Kosher food stand back at Busch Stadium for Cards home opener

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished April 6, 2022

There are few sure things in Cardinals baseball, but one thing you can count on this season: Kohn’s kosher food stand will be operating at its usual Busch Stadium location, behind section 147. That...

Love in a lunch box: Tips for a new Passover tradition

Love in a lunch box: Tips for a new Passover tradition

SUZANNE EPSTEIN-LANG, Special to the Jewish LightPublished April 6, 2022

Though each of my children has gone through brief phases of packing her own lunch or buying at school, I am, for the most part, our family's lunch packer-in-chief. I estimate that I have packed...

Printable Recipe: Almond Tahini Dip

Printable Recipe: Almond Tahini Dip

Published April 6, 2022

(Adapted from a recipe by chef Barak Yhezkeli, Galilee Culinary Institute) Tahini sauce gets a new look here with almond flour standing in for the traditional sesame seed paste. The texture is different...

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