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Sea Bass With Roasted Peppers and Herb Cream Filling. Photo courtesy The Edge Partners PR

5 gorgeous Rosh Hashanah recipes from Israel’s top chefs

By Jessica Halfin, My Jewish Learning via JTAPublished September 26, 2019

Rosh Hashanah menus, while traditional and delicious, can also get a little stale year after year. With Israeli food trending across the globe, now is a perfect time to add some authentic Israeli flavors to your holiday.We have gathered five exclusive...

Fasolakia. Photo: Michael Kahn

Jews of Greece inspire Rosh Hashanah recipes

By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish LightPublished September 19, 2019

I have always enjoyed Greek food, the distinctive flavors of fresh parsley, dill, garlic, oregano, cinnamon, allspice and honey, and the use of fresh lemon in so many dishes. And, of course, the luscious vegetables that thrive in Mediterranean climates:...

Photo: Dikla Frances

Meringue-topped apple pie bars: An innovative Rosh Hashanah dessert

Dikla FrancesPublished September 18, 2019

This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher.Looking for an innovative way to incorporate apples into your Rosh Hashanah menu? Look no further than these meringue-topped apple pie bars. With layers of buttery pastry, cinnamon-scented apples and fluffy...

Sweet and Savory Barley and Pomegranate Salad. Photo: Michael Kahn 

Sweet and Savory Barley and Pomegranate Salad

By Margi Lenga KahnPublished September 14, 2018

Pomegranates have always been a powerful symbol in Jewish cuisine. Originating in Persia, pomegranates are especially meaningful on the High Holidays. It is customary for Sephardic Jews on the second night of Rosh Hashanah to recite this lovely blessing:...

Sunken Plum Cake. Photo: Sonya Sanford

Sunken Plum Cake recipe

By Sonya Sanford, The Nosher via JTAPublished September 7, 2018

For as long as I’ve been cooking I’ve made honey cake for Rosh Hashanah. I do this just as my mother did, and my grandmother did, and likely my great-grandmother before her. I love my family’s recipe, and I have even made tweaks to it over the years.But...

 Instant Pot Georgian Pomegranate Chicken (Sonya Sanford)

Instant Pot Georgian pomegranate chicken recipe

By Sonya Sanford, The Nosher via JTAPublished September 7, 2018

I was initially an Instant Pot doubter. I love both my Dutch oven and my stock pot, and I love letting the kitchen slowly fill with warmth as things simmer and cook for hours while I putz around the house. Then I got married and an Instant Pot literally...

Chicken Marbella. Photo: Michael Kahn

Go-to holiday recipes from beloved cookbook

By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish LightPublished August 31, 2018

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 head: latkes on Hanukkah, hamentaschen on Purim,...

Fessenjan, Persian Walnut and Pomegranate Chicken Stew

Published September 13, 2017

(Recipe slightly modified from “King Solomon’s Table” by Joan Nathan)As an alternative to brisket, or perhaps an option on your holiday table, here is Nathan’s recipe for Fessenjan, a Persian walnut and pomegranate chicken stew. On Rosh Hashanah,...

Puff Pastry Baked Apples

Easiest. Rosh Hashanah dinner. Ever.

By Shannon Sarna, JTAPublished September 28, 2016

Some people take great pride and pleasure in planning their Rosh Hashanah menus for weeks or months in advance, chugging away at kugels and cakes and soup to put in the freezer. I know my grandmother and Aunt Ruth both did their High Holidays cooking...

Clockwise from top left: Lior Lev Sercarz, Itta Werdiger Roth, Joan Nathan and Alon Shaya.

Celebrity chefs share their Rosh Hashanah recipes

Beth KissileffPublished September 28, 2016

(JTA) — Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, gives Jews a sense of change and new beginnings.  One of the ways to signal that renewal and optimism is to engage our senses: We listen to the shofar, the clarion call of the season, and we eat symbolic...

Nir Mesika’s braised short ribs with squash puree and roasted corn salad recipe

Nir Mesika’s braised short ribs with squash puree and roasted corn salad recipe

BY BETH KISSILEFF, JTAPublished September 28, 2016

Nir Mesika is the founder and executive chef at Timna, a modern Israeli restaurant in New York that was dubbed the “best new restaurant of 2015” by USA Today.Growing up in northern Israel, in Mesika’s family, Rosh Hashanah was all about his mother’s...

Alon Shaya. Photo: Marianna Massey

Alon Shaya’s challah recipe

BY BETH KISSILEFF, JTAPublished September 28, 2016

Alon Shaya, executive chef and partner at New Orleans restaurants Domenica, Pizza Domenica and Shaya, and named best chef in the South by the James Beard FoundationFor Shaya, challah is central to the Rosh Hashanah festivities.“I love keeping our...

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