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Jewish Food

Unilever threatens legal action against Israeli NGO over Ben & Jerry’s knock-off brand

Published August 19, 2021

(JNS) Ben & Jerry’s parent company Unilever is threatening to take legal action against an Israeli NGO that is trying to knock off the ice-cream maker’s brand in the West Bank following the company’s...

7 Rosh Hashanah desserts that aren’t honey cake

7 Rosh Hashanah desserts that aren’t honey cake

RACHEL MYERSON, THE NOSHERPublished August 18, 2021
Set your New Year off on the sweetest of notes.
Rouxing the day my immersion blender failed me

Rouxing the day my immersion blender failed me

JANET SILVER GHENT, The Jewish News Of Northern CaliforniaPublished August 16, 2021

With the High Holidays approaching, I’m once again immersed in the throes of family traditions that bring me back to the kitchen. Even though we rarely eat beef these days, one of those traditions...

Meet the 1970s Jewish Artist whose medium was the bagel

Meet the 1970s Jewish Artist whose medium was the bagel

ZACHARY SOLOMON, JTAPublished August 15, 2021

(JTA) “Lowly Bagel Transformed by an Artist,” reads the 1974 New York Times headline. Around these parts, we don’t tend to think of bagels as lowly to begin with—but what a young woman named...

Chickpea gnocchi with summer vegetables: Italy, meet the Middle East

Chickpea gnocchi with summer vegetables: Italy, meet the Middle East

Rob Eshman, ForwardPublished August 15, 2021

Chickpea gnocchetti — gnocchetti di ceci— little knuckles of garbanzo beans and flour— combine two of my favorite things: the Middle East and Italy. This recipe is inspired by one I found in...

Lost Tables | Remembering The Fatted Calf

Lost Tables | Remembering The Fatted Calf

Published August 15, 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...

Make a homemade pie crust, or use puff pastry and have no excuse not to make this plum tart.

An easy plum tart for summer’s hottest days

Carly PildisPublished August 15, 2021

This article appeared first on Forward. Reposted with permission. I have a confession to make: I haven’t turned on my oven in weeks. We have had ice cream for dessert every Shabbat. It’s hot...

Ronnie Fein

High Holidays recipe: Chilled (or not) fresh tomato soup

Ronnie FeinPublished August 15, 2021

(JTA) – You hear it every year: The High Holidays are either early or late, never on time. This year is an early one – real early. Rosh Hashanah starts at sundown Sept. 6, the night of Labor Day...

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Pass the poke please: Food hall at City Foundry opens to enthusiastic crowds

CHERYL BAEHR, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished August 12, 2021

The moment St. Louis diners have been waiting for has finally arrived: The Food Hall at City Foundry, the dining arm of the brand-new sprawling, multi-use development in Midtown, welcomed its first guests...

AJ Moll

Kosher Recipe Alert: Instant Pot Corn Beef Brisket

AJ Moll, SPECIAL FOR THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished August 12, 2021

The Hebrew word “kosher” means fit or proper as it relates to Jewish dietary law. Kosher foods are permitted to be eaten and can be used as ingredients in the production of additional food items. And...

Strawberry daiquiri? Pumpkin spice? We tried these American hummus flavors so you don’t have to.

Strawberry daiquiri? Pumpkin spice? We tried these American hummus flavors so you don’t have to.

Published August 11, 2021

This article first appeared on The Nosher. Hummus, a Middle Eastern chickpea and tahini dip, has been adopted and Americanized in every possible way in recent years. Americans haven’t just embraced...

Cold soups: the ideal summer Shabbat dinner or lunch

Cold soups: the ideal summer Shabbat dinner or lunch

FAITH KRAMER, THE JEWISH NEWS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIAPublished August 10, 2021

Cold soups are ideal for summer Shabbat dinners or lunches. They are made in advance, provide cooling sustenance in hot weather and have long been a part of the global Jewish kitchen. The buttermilk...

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