This recipe comes straight from a dear friend and colleague, Sheri Silver, who always knows just how to make dessert super easy, super adorable and super delicious. The secret to these cookies is a rich...

From Jean Margul, a co-chair of the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival: This recipe came from a very dear friend from Quincy, Ill., Edith Berkowitz. She served it one day when we were at her home for mah...

Ingredients2 chickens, 3½-4 pounds each, quartered or cut into eighths6 cloves of garlic, peeled 1 tsp. coarse kosher salt, plus more to taste Freshly ground black pepper, to taste2 tbsp. dried oregano,...

Ingredients2 cups warm milk or water, about 110 degrees1/3 cup granulated sugar7 tbsp. unsalted butter or vegetable oil, plus more for oiling bowl and pan2½ tsp. active dry yeast (or 1 package)3 large...

Culinary traditions and culture are intrinsically linked. Nowhere is this more evident than in the foods we associate with our Jewish holidays. You probably can name several such foods off the top of your...

From Florence Shultz of Chesterfield: I have always had a passion for cooking and baking. When I was growing up, I always helped my grandmother and mother cook. I have many great memories of baking with...

Peach season has arrived. To celebrate this season, load up your fruit basket with these juicy, sweet marvels and prepare to indulge. You can enjoy your peaches fresh-picked and eaten out-of-hand, sliced...

David Dresner’s favorite dish is potstickers. When he was a child, his mom would bribe him with potstickers so he would do his chores or run errands with her. But as an adult, the processed ingredients...

Limonana is a classic Israeli drink that combines freshly squeezed lemon juice and mint leaves for a unique Israeli-style lemonade treat that’s beloved throughout the country.Limonana is a combination...

From Diane Packman of Creve Coeur: “I love to cook, but I do not serve heavy appetizers when I invite people over.  I don’t know why, but I think it’s because I want my guests to be hungry for...

 Bobbi Miller is not Jewish but she subscribes to the Jewish Light and is a regular reader. She and her husband, Colin, own Strauss Peyton, the portrait studio in Creve Coeur located at 515 N. Lindbergh...

Pita bread has become as common in the United States today as, well, sliced white bread. That wasn’t always the case. Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s, my generation had their sandwiches on Wonder bread,...