On the Chocolate Trail

By Rabbi Debbie Prinz
Published on May 15, 2013

Mini “Once You Go Black” Flour-less Chocolate Cakes [Recipe]

By Elana Horwich
Published on April 11, 2013

Chocolate shakes up the seder ritual

Published on March 11, 2013

Rabbi Adam Schaffer, who's been leading chocolate seders since he edited a chocolate seder haggadah in 1996, acknowledges that “people often do feel ill” from all the chocolate.

Not feeling the candy hearts and kitsch? How to turn around 50 shades of abysmal gray

Published on February 14, 2013

It’s that time of year ... chocolates, flowers, jewelry. Sappy advertisements and red and pink store displays. There are reminders everywhere. It’s Valentine’s Day.

Vigor trigger: Dark chocolate

By Elana Horwich
Published on February 13, 2013

Rabbi shares her love of chocolate

Published on February 7, 2013

To say that Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz likes chocolate would be a gross — or rather, delicious — understatement. For seven years, she’s traveled around the world and written about the delicacy, culminating in October with the publication of “On the Chocolate Trail: A Delicious Adventure Connecting Jews, Religions, History, Travel, Rituals and Recipes to the Magic of Cacao.”

Trader Joe’s comes up against some tough cookies

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on May 17, 2012

Trader Joe’s got slammed last week by a combination of hysteria and hoarding by kosher bakers when word leaked out that its semisweet chocolate chips were going from pareve to dairy.

Happy Passover, Happy Easter, Happy Faith

By Ilana Angel
Published on April 6, 2012

New boycott called over Israeli chocolate bars

Published on February 21, 2012

The leaders of Israel's cottage cheese boycott are calling for a new boycott over the high price of chocolate bars. The calls came earlier this week after an Israeli living in the United States posted a photo on Facebook of a receipt from a New Jersey supermarket showing that the popular Israeli chocolate bar Pesek Zman is being sold for one-third of its cost in Israel.

Grown-up gelt

Published on December 7, 2011

All around the Jewish world, Chanukah is chocolate season. But that doesn’t have to mean you’re stuck with the waxy chocolate coins known as gelt. In fact, a new wave of boutique chocolate makers in Israel are redefining this beloved indulgence in Israel. Many of their skillfully crafted products are already available in the United States. One taste and it’s clear: Gelt has grown up.

Israel boycott supporters arrested for violating bail

Published on August 9, 2011

Four pro-Palestinian supporters of an Israel boycott were arrested in Melbourne for breaching bail conditions following a protest outside a Max Brenner chocolate shop.

Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr. & Boxing Gives Men Their Period

By Ilana Angel
Published on August 8, 2011

Quitter-ville

By Julia Bendis
Published on March 28, 2011

Joys of growing up in Communist Soviet Union, and other tales of my Family.

By Julia Bendis
Published on February 16, 2011

Two Chocolate Passover Desserts

By Rob Eshman
Published on March 26, 2010

RECIPE: Flourless Chocolate and Pistachio Cake

Published on March 25, 2009

2 eggs, 2 egg yolks, 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 1/2 pistachio nuts, coarsely ground

Israel’s Melting Pot Is on The Stove, in the Oven

By Orit Arfa
Published on March 25, 2009

As the melting pot of the Jewish people, Israel has produced a melting pot of Jewish and world cuisines. Through historical narratives, vibrant illustrations of local eateries and practical recipes, Janna Gur’s recent “The Book of New Israeli Food” (Schocken, 2008) captures the story of Israeli food coming into its own as the fusion of Ashkenazi and Sephardi, the exile and Zion, the old and the new.

Spirit and Chocolate Top Temple Emanuel Installation

By Norma Zager
Published on September 7, 2006

Circuit news; Spirit and Chocolate Top Temple Emanuel Installation; Big Fun in Big Apple; Rabbi on Board; Kids Raise the 'Roof'.

Mommy, Me & Cheesecake Makes 3

By Melissa Maroff
Published on April 6, 2006

OK, mom, so what part of eating that cheesecake is making you feel guilty? If you fear that little bubbela is annoying the other customers in the bakery, your worries are over.

Cartoon Riots Spark Sweet Backlash

By David Finnigan
Published on February 16, 2006

Pedersen said that since anti-Danish rioting began, several people have called in long-distance orders and mentioned their desire to "buy Danish." Consumers in heavily Muslim countries, in contrast, are boycotting Danish products, reportedly costing Danish business up to $1 million a day. In response, European and American free-speech supporters have been advocating a less well-known "Buy Danish" campaign.

Sweet Indulgence at Chocolate Spa

By Lisa Alcalay Klug
Published on July 7, 2005

The Spa at the Hotel Hershey in Hershey, Pa., is every chocolate lover's fantasy. With bowls of silver-wrapped kisses (certified kosher) seemingly everywhere, and hot cocoa waiting by the fire, it may be the world's only spa that actually encourages guests to consume the stuff between treatments.

Winning the Great Sponge Cake Battle

By Judy Bart Kancigor
Published on April 21, 2005

It's that time again. With Pesach here, it's time for my annual wrestling match with my nemesis, the dreaded sponge cake.

Yeladim

By Abby Gilad
Published on April 21, 2005

How many times can you say "Passover" during the seder? For instance: "Pass over the salt." "Please pass over a soup spoon." Keep count and decide what the winner gets for a prize!

Chocolate Cake

By Lisa J. Solomon
Published on September 30, 2004

The 3-by-5 file cards are yellowed with age, carefully covered in Saran Wrap and taped in the back.

Move Over Frosty, Here Comes Fran

By Sharon Schatz Rosenthal
Published on December 11, 2003

Fran Drescher doesn't remember receiving Chanukah presents as a child.

"With the Dreschers, [Chanukah] was all about the food," laughed the actress who is best known for her role in TV's "The Nanny," which aired from 1993-99. "Nothing was as important as the chocolate dreidels and chocolate coins."

Cooking with Chocolate

By Judy Zeidler
Published on April 5, 2001

I absolutely love preparing chocolate desserts for Passover, and now that chocolate is considered a health food, it will give you all the more reason to include it in your Passover recipes. Chocolate desserts are easy to make, and you can create a variety of non-dairy chocolate desserts for Passover that will bring pleasure to everyone.