(JNS) As the story goes, in 1929, New York restauranteur Arnold Reuben sampled a “cheese pie” at a party and asked for the recipe. He proceeded to modify it, substituting cream cheese for cottage cheese and, in food historian Gil Marks’s telling,...
Andrew Silverstein, The Forward
• Published December 23, 2021
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Promptly at noon Friday, I went to a Philadelphia cream cheese website to sign up for the...
In 2021, Shavuot begins the evening of Sunday, May 16 and ends the evening of Tuesday, May 18.
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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 dessert? And that your Instant Pot just happens...
Ingredients1-½ tsp butter or margarine1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs (approximately)1-½ pounds cream cheese (3 8-ounce packages)1 cup sugar1-½ tsp vanilla extract½ cup dairy sour cream or unflavored yogurt1/3 cup cream (whipping cream or half and...
By Ronnie Fein, The Nosher Via JTA
• Published June 1, 2016
You know Shavuot is coming when you begin to see cheesecakes everywhere. Countless variations in the bakeries and supermarkets. Endless numbers of recipes in the media. Cheesecake is the iconic Shavuot dessert, as sacrosanct as a Hanukkah latke or Passover...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 23, 2012
Shavuot commemorates the day the Jewish people received the Torah. We mark this holiday in a number of ways: studying Torah, celebrating the year’s first harvest, and enjoying a festive dairy meal. And whether your festive menu includes blintzes,...
The mere mention of Shavuot sends images of cheesecakes before my eyes and calling my name. I love cheesecakes and they love me — so much they plant themselves on my hips forever.On the two-day festival, which this year begins on the evening of May...
