By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 25, 2017
Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Torah and is one of three harvest festivals on the Jewish calendar along with Sukkot and Passover. The menus for this holiday feature foods made from the harvests of the first fruits, including grains such as barley...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 15, 2017
I recently presented a unique cooking demonstration to a gathering at Crown Center in University City. What made it unique was a remarkably contemporary vegetarian cookbook dating back before World War II. That book, originally written in Yiddish and...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 8, 2016
If you had counted 49 days from the second day of Passover, also known as the Counting of the Omer, you would reach number 49 on Saturday, June 11, which is erev Shavuot. That holiday commemorates both the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the harvest...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 13, 2016
Centuries of religious intolerance and oppression forced generation upon generation of our ancestors to flee their lands in search of some sanctuary in the Diaspora where they could live in peace as Jews. And along the way, they developed unique cuisines...
Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter or margarine, melted
1 cup dairy sour cream
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for sprinkling
1- 16 ounce jar ounce jar each strawberry, apricot, and pineapple preserves
1 box golden...
Though this recipe has four components, it is not at all complicated and can be completed in just over an hour. If you are short on time, make the dough one day in advance, and bake it the next day. You could also substitute commercial frozen puff pastry....
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 19, 2015
IngredientsStreusel:½ cup brown sugar2 tbsp. flour1 tsp. cinnamon2 tbsp. butter, coldPinch of saltDough and kuchen:2¼ tsp., or 1 package, active dry yeast, or 2 tsp. instant yeast¼ c. warm water, approximately 110 degrees2 c. plus 2 tbsp. all-purpose...
IngredientsDough:½ tsp. salt1/3 c. ice water, plus an additional sprinkle or two if needed1½ c. plus 1 tbsp. all-purpose flour½ c. (1 stick) plus 2 tbsp. unsalted butter, cut into small pieces and refrigeratedFilling:10 medium-large Italian prune plums,...
Substitute oven-roasted or grilled vegetables for the raw ones for a completely different version of this dish. Ingredients:3 cups water1 cup wheat berries Pinch of salt 16 Kalamata olives, pitted and chopped (optional)1/4 cup chopped red onion 1/4...
You may substitute the same amount of any fresh cut-up fruit in season for the berries.Ingredients:2 cups wheat berries 6 cups waterPinch of saltDressing:2/3 cup fresh orange juice (from 2-3 oranges)1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil2 tablespoons orange...
Ingredients:2 tsp. coarse kosher salt 1 cup cracked wheat2 tbsp. olive oil1 large yellow onion, peeled and sliced1 large red pepper, stem removed, seeded, and cut into ½-inch pieces4 garlic cloves, peeled and minced3 medium zucchini, ends discarded...
Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 8, 2013
Shavuot commemorates the giving of the Torah to our people. It also celebrates the beginning of the wheat harvest. So what makes wheat worthy of a holiday? Plenty. To begin with, wheat is a great source of vitamins, minerals, fiber, and protein. When...
