Wednesday, April 11, 2012
How vegans do Passover
by Gary Smith
Holidays like Passover are a difficult time for Jewish vegans and animal activists, a time of mixed emotions. As much as we love and find relevance. . .
Monday, April 9, 2012
Mishap leaves Israeli brigade with seder meal of matzah and salami
JTA
Israeli soldiers in the Kfir Brigade ate salami and matzah for their seder meal after a base chef heated up the real seder food inappropriately,. . .
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Karaite-style Passover recipes
by Amy Gazzar and Remy Pessah
To make sure that dough does not rise, matzah should be put in the oven within 10 minutes of adding water.. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Israeli needy to receive voucher for Passover food
JTA
Israel's Social Affairs Minister Moshe Kahlon said his ministry will provide needy Israelis with a magnetic card to purchase food at local stores. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Recipes to please the crowd and de-stress the chef
by Jamie Geller, JTA
Passover may be the mother of all kitchen yontifs — but stay cool, and don’t stress. Here are some of my favorite recipes from last Passover that. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
My family’s Karaite-style Passover
by Brenda Gazzar, Contributing Writer
Never mind the gefilte fish and brisket, the mass-produced, cardboard-like matzah and the kosher-for-Passover wine. Instead, Passover seder at my. . .
Monday, April 2, 2012
How not to feel like a matzah ball on Passover
by Elisa Spungen Bildner, JTA
It's April and steel shopping carts clang and collide like bumper cars in the kosher-for-Passover aisle of my local supermarket. Even in this mob I. . .
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Looking for chametz in car, coat and computer
by Edmon J. Rodman
Who are the chametz seekers, those dutiful service technicians who in preparation for Passover, and for a fee, help us search and destroy the hidden,. . .
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Following the carp — the fish in gefilte — from lake to plate
By Jonah Lowenfeld
Big fish, cheap fish; sport fish, gefilte fish. With apologies to Dr. Seuss, that’s a decent summary of the situation for carp today.. . .
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Position yourself for Passover’s traditions
By Judy Zeidler
After many years of reciting the Passover story around our dining room table, we made a major change. My family decided to re-create the seders held. . .
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Michal Ansky celebrates spring’s bounty on Passover
By Rob Eshman
Here’s the first thing you notice about Michal Ansky: She’s beautiful. Tall, with long black hair and a strong, lean Israeli build. In the lobby. . .
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
More cluck for your passover buck
By Judy Zeidler
I have always enjoyed researching and developing new dishes to serve during Passover, but have you ever heard of Mock Gefilte Fish? Because everyone. . .
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Taking a modern approach to Passover desserts
by Robert Wemischner
At Passover, because tradition rules, I’m willing to bet that, at most seder tables, undistinguished sponge and honey cake, coconut macaroons and. . .
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Matzoh Brittle [RECIPE]
Line a cookie sheet with tin foil-shiny side down. Spray with cooking spray.
Fill cookie sheet with matzah.
In a pan, boil 1/2 cup of margarine. . .
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Sammy Mendelsohn’s Yummy Passover Granola [RECIPE]
Jonah Lowenfeld, contributing writer
Preheat oven to 375 - 400.
Mix together the following ingredients in a large bowl:. . .
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Frieda Erman’s Traditional German Matzah Balls [RECIPE]
By Susan Freudenheim
Be aware that these delicious matzah balls in a recipe brought over from Germany are denser than typical "Eastern" ones, and are akin to a German. . .
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Staff Recipes: Hungarian matzah balls, Pesach bagels, Charoset
Ryan Torok, Julie Gruenbaum Fax, Julia Pine, Jessica Ogilvie
Some of Jewish Journal Writers’ Favorite Recipes. . .
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
One Man’s Passover
By Rob Eshman
In our house, a man’s place is in the kitchen. That’s the way it’s been for all 18 years of our marriage. I do the cooking, not because I. . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Maker of Kosher Wine Takes His Covenant Seriously
By Jeff Smith
A friend came over to dinner the other night with a bottle of wine that he described as “interesting.”
“Interesting” is one of those loaded. . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
A Touch of France in Pico-Robertson
Tori Avey
Kosher food is wrongly stigmatized as being boring and bland because of the limitations the laws of kashrut impose on chefs. The prohibitions against. . .
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Quinoa Ingrains Itself in Passover Meals
By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
It’s been about a decade since quinoa first broke into the Passover market, and while the Andean nongrain grain still meets with some culinary and. . .
