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Jewish Food

Courtesy Joan Nathan, and “Jewish Cooking in America”

Your Wednesday Jewish Soup Spectacular #2

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished January 4, 2022

The St. Louis Jewish Light, a lot of soup recipes in our database.  A precursory search found over 200 soup recipes, some dating back 30ish years. Because recipes do not go bad, we’re going to bring...

Remembering one "The Loop's" best: "Riddles Penultimate Cafe & Wine Bar"

Remembering one “The Loop’s” best: “Riddles Penultimate Cafe & Wine Bar”

Harley Hammerman, Special For the St. Louis Jewish LightPublished January 2, 2022

There is an amazing website called Lost Tables, dedicated to celebrating the restaurants of our past. We are partnering with the site’s creator Harley Hammerman and celebrating these wonderful stories....

Does the cheesecake shortage of 2021 mean that Christmas is becoming more Jewish?

Does the cheesecake shortage of 2021 mean that Christmas is becoming more Jewish?

Andrew Silverstein, The ForwardPublished December 23, 2021

This story was originally published on [DATE] by The Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from The Forward delivered to you each morning. Promptly at noon Friday, I went to a Philadelphia...

Why do Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas?

Why do Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas?

PJ Grisar, The ForwardPublished December 22, 2021

This story was originally published December 25, 2019 by the Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from the Forward delivered to you each morning.” Every year around this time a certain handwritten...

Photo Courtesy of Missouri Historical Society

The remarkable true story of the Freund Baking Company

Nine PBS, Special For The Jewish LightPublished December 22, 2021

Since 1807, Jewish St. Louisans have played a significant role in the region’s development—their names grace department stores, buildings, and landmarks. This story was originally published by Nine...

Mothers of finicky eaters rejoice! Time is on your side

Mothers of finicky eaters rejoice! Time is on your side

BY SUSAN KEMPPAINEN, SPECIAL FOR THE ST. LOUIS JEWISH LIGHTPublished December 22, 2021

Five decades ago, when preemie care was still a new science, I was born at 30 weeks and weighed 3 pounds, 4 ounces. My grandmother said she’d bought bigger chickens. Since I was an itty-bitty thing and...

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Roasted Butternut Squash Soup

Published December 21, 2021

There are some foods that we as Jews simply identify as “Jewish Food.” It’s a cultural marker and allows a common thread to exist among Jewish communities around the world.  Among the food styles...

Told he had little time left, my rabbi-dad wanted a last meal at Katz’s deli

Told he had little time left, my rabbi-dad wanted a last meal at Katz’s deli

Avi Dresner, THE FORWARDPublished December 20, 2021

There was no way my father, 92 and with stage 4 metastatic colon cancer, could wait in the 40-minute line for what we knew would be his last meal at Katz’s Deli, so we dropped my sister off and went...

The remarkable story of the Jewish woman behind Golden Fried Chicken Loaf

The remarkable story of the Jewish woman behind Golden Fried Chicken Loaf

Harley Hammerman, Special For The Jewish LightPublished December 19, 2021

Have you ever wondered what happened to that restaurant you once loved and have memories of dining at with your family and friends? We did! There is an amazing website called Lost Tables, dedicated to...

Yes, Kraft will really pay you $20 to eat halva instead of cheesecake

Yes, Kraft will really pay you $20 to eat halva instead of cheesecake

Published December 16, 2021

This story was originally published on December 15 by the Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from the Forward delivered to you each morning.” Kraft Heinz, the producer of Philadelphia...

Serendipity's owner Beckie Jacobs behind the counter at her Webster Groves ice cream parlor.

Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream closing sooner than expected

Jordan Palmer, CHIEF DIGITAL CONTENT OFFICERPublished December 16, 2021

Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream, the Webster Groves mainstay will now close its doors on December 19th instead of December 23. Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream Closing In a statement, the store said,...

Cookin’ with Katester: Nutella-banana crêpes

Katie Silver, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, SeniorPublished December 14, 2021

Crêpes? If you’re like me, this is a dessert (or entrée) that you probably don’t think of very often. That is until I had a strange conversation with my mom; then they really rose to the forefront...

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