By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 22, 2020
When we think about symbolic foods for Jewish holidays, the items on the Passover seder plate immediately come to mind, including the salt water, parsley, matzah and bitter herbs. But rich symbolism...
This article originally appeared in The Nosher.Schnitzel in Israel is a big deal. Like, a bigger deal than people realize. Or, at least, a bigger deal than I realized before I moved to Israel from the...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 20, 2020
There is simplicity and an unspoken elegance inherent in most comfort foods. Every culture has them. They are the foods that console us and make us feel good.Here in America, popular comfort foods include...
This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher.You’ve heard of the wandering Jew, but have you heard of the wandering Jewish cookie?As Jews move from country to country, they pick up recipes, spices and...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The reservations were rolling in, and Inbal Baum was preparing for her busiest summer yet of food tours through Israel’s famed open-air food markets. Her decade-old tour company and...
This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher.
If you think chicken kebabs sound boring, I don’t blame you. Usually they are. And dry. But not this recipe.
This recipe pays homage to one of...
Story and Photo by Sheri Silver, The Nosher via JTA
• Published May 21, 2020
A quick search for “Instant Pot recipes” will yield hundreds of ideas for savory dishes — chilis, pasta, soups, casseroles and more.But did you know that you can also use your Instant Pot to make...
(JTA) — Hoping to improve your culinary skills while in quarantine? There’s an online Jewish food festival for you.Jewish culinary talents like Michael Solomonov, Joan Nathan and Michael Twitty are...
This story originally appeared on The Nosher.You’ve tried coaxing a sourdough starter to life or braiding a challah, turned speckled bananas into muffins, maybe even churned out sheets of pasta. For...
(JTA) — Few people have any great solutions for this difficult moment in human history, but Sudeep Agarwala is one of them.As a yeast scientist, Agarwala spends much of his time thinking about the single-celled...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 26, 2020
What frightening and challenging times we are living in, when our daily lingo now includes “social distancing,” “self-quarantining” and “sheltering in place.”One of the four questions asked...
By Leanne Shor, The Nosher via JTA
• Published March 5, 2020
This recipe originally appeared in The Nosher.Bringing new life to hamantaschen was a challenge. People are dead set on their favorite flavors like classic poppy seed and apricot. Of course, newer directions...
