By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 22, 2022
I’ll be spending Christmas Eve with General Tso. It’s a dining tradition many of us in the Jewish community share, like latkes on Hanukkah and hamantashen on Purim. While our Christian friends and neighbors dream of sugar plum fairies this weekend,...
SUSAN BAROCAS, My Jewish Learning
• Published June 7, 2022
When my 7-year-old son and I traveled to Budapest in 2002, we arrived at my friend Katalin’s non-air-conditioned flat at 11 a.m. It was already over 90 degrees F. We could barely make it up the five flights to her place after some 30 hours of travel,...
SONYA SANFORD, My Jewish Learning
• Published March 8, 2022
Matzah Ball Pho
Pho (pronounced fuh) is a traditional Vietnamese soup that was popularized around the world by Vietnamese refugees fleeing the Vietnam War and its aftermath. Pho Ga is the chicken noodle variety of the soup. For me, pho is the perfect...
HARLEY HAMMERMAN, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published March 6, 2022
There is an amazing website called Lost Tables, dedicated to celebrating the restaurants of our past. We are partnering with the site’s creator Harley Hammerman and celebrating these wonderful stories. Hammerman and his wife Marlene are members of...
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There’s nothing uniquely Jewish about chicken soup. There, I said it. Everywhere on earth where...
Rhonda Albom, Kibitz Spot
• Published February 23, 2022
This story originally appeared on Kibitz Spot.
This delicious crispy cookie bar is not a bread at all. In fact, it’s also known as a Jewish biscotti!
This treat, filled with cinnamon and chocolate chips, can be customized by adding nuts,...
Rob Eshen, The Forward
• Published January 11, 2022
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Everyone needs a go-to matzah ball soup recipe.
You really just need one, dependable...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 4, 2022
The St. Louis Jewish Light, a lot of soup recipes in our database. A precursory search found over 200 soup recipes, some dating back 30ish years. Because recipes do not go bad, we’re going to bring them all back to life every other Wednesday with...
There are some foods that we as Jews simply identify as "Jewish Food." It's a cultural marker and allows a common thread to exist among Jewish communities around the world. Among the food styles that many Jews can identify with is soup.
Now, I won't...
This article originally appeared in The Nosher.
When we think of pizza, most of us think of a combination of marinara sauce, melty cheese and crispy crust. But not all pies need to include these ingredients. Enter: hummus pizza.
Yes, it exists,...
The Alheira is a beautiful thing. A type of Portuguese sausage known for garlic and breadcrumbs, the meat link is so beloved in Portugal that it was voted one of the nation’s seven gastronomic wonders in a 2011 vote. Oh, and it was invented by Jews...
