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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

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Jewish Food

Hamantaschen to order 2021

These local bakers are ready to make your hamantaschen dreams come true

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 3, 2022

In celebration of our favorite three-cornered treats, we searched near and far for the best homemade hamantaschen around our area. Because, while there are plenty of recipes out there for the DIYers, many...

Printable Recipe: Rugelach bar pastry 

Printable Recipe: Rugelach bar pastry 

Published March 2, 2022

Ingredients 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour (315 grams or about 11 ounces) ½ teaspoon salt 1 cup unsalted butter, cold (225 grams, 8 ounces or 2 sticks) 8 ounces cream cheese, cold (225 grams or 1 package) ¼...

Your Wednesday Jewish Soup Spectacular, sort of: #9

Your Wednesday Jewish Soup Spectacular, sort of: #9

Rob Eshman, The ForwardPublished March 1, 2022

This story was originally published on Feb. 16, by the Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from the Forward delivered to you each morning. There’s nothing uniquely Jewish about chicken...

Tony's pastry chef offers new recipe idea on classic rugelach

Tony’s pastry chef offers new recipe idea on classic rugelach

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished February 28, 2022

Many of you may have memories of home-baked rugelach, that cookie with cream-cheese dough spiraled around an oh-so-sweet center filling of fruit jams, poppy seed paste, or nuts. The origins of the pastry...

Mandel bread recipe.
Photo ©Susan Braverman. Used with permission

Mandel Bread Recipe: Easy options for chocolate chips, raisins, or nuts

Rhonda Albom, Kibitz SpotPublished February 23, 2022

This story originally appeared on Kibitz Spot.  This delicious crispy cookie bar is not a bread at all. In fact, it’s also known as a Jewish biscotti! This treat, filled with cinnamon and...

Your Wednesday Jewish Soup Spectacular #8

Your Wednesday Jewish Soup Spectacular #8

Margi Lenga Kahn, Special For The Jewish LightPublished February 22, 2022

This Cold Potato Leek Soup (Vichyssoise) is lovely simply garnished with snipped chives. However, I made a delicious herb puree – parsley, chives, garlic and olive oil – in a blender to swirl through...

Cookin’ with Katester: Quick and easy avocado toast

Cookin’ with Katester: Quick and easy avocado toast

KATIE SILVER, Senior, Ladue Horton Watkins High SchoolPublished February 20, 2022

Have you ever gotten up on a weekend only for your 18-year-old twin brother to offer you 50 cents for a meal that “will taste good and make me full.” No, just me? Regardless, this avocado toast...

Your Wednesday Jewish Soup Spectacular #7

Your Wednesday Jewish Soup Spectacular #7

Published February 15, 2022

Back in 2013, Jeffrey David Solomon entered this recipe in our Matzo Ball Soup contest and was a semi-finalist. Sadly, Jeffrey passed away this week. In his honor, we are bringing his soup recipe back...

How to make a Jewish corned beef at home

How to make a Jewish corned beef at home

Rhonda Albom, Special For The Jewish LightPublished February 14, 2022
This simple corned beef recipe will have you whipping up a classic Jewish culinary dish in no time. With only three ingredients, it’s gluten-free, dairy-free, and delicious.
Jewish Trivia: Montreal Bagels

Jewish Trivia: Montreal Bagels

Mark Zimmerman, Special For The Jewish LightPublished February 14, 2022

Canada has been dealing with a growing truckers’ protest over the last few weeks, which began in response to a vaccine mandate for drivers entering from the United States. The...

Why chocolate matters to the Jewish community

Why chocolate matters to the Jewish community

Michael LeventhalPublished February 13, 2022

Before you take your next bite of some delicious chocolate, you may want to check out this book from Green Bean Books. In Babka, Boulou & Blintzes, British author Michael Leventhal explores the history...

Sharing Pres. Reagan's favorite Gazpacho recipe with you, and Marjorie Taylor Greene

Sharing Pres. Reagan’s favorite Gazpacho recipe with you, and Marjorie Taylor Greene

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished February 10, 2022

We all slip up in our words once in a while. For most of us, our flubs don't create a media firestorm, but a mistake by Marjorie Taylor Greene during an interview on One America News Network,...

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