Jean Hanks
By Jean Hanks
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Recipes ‘Celebrate’ Thanksgiving With A Sumptuous Acorn Squash Recipe
When I was in college, living over 1,000 miles away, nothing made me feel closer to home than attending one of the weekly Shabbat dinners hosted by the Jewish organizations on campus. Every week I would meet someone new, and because we had broken bread (or challah) there was an instant bond between us. Related…
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Recipes Indian-Spiced Matzo Fritters
If you’re like me, you have so much matzo in the house that you’ll be snacking on the stuff for at least two weeks after Passover has ended. This year, I wanted to experiment a little bit and find a different way to enjoy the abundance of leftover unleavened bread. These fried balls of matzo…
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Food A Challah Connection to Broadway
Tony Award nominee Danny Burstein, who plays Tevye in “Fiddler,” with challah supplied by Challah Connection. The same challah that’s been included in kosher gift baskets and delivered to homes across the country by Challah Connection of Fairfield County, Connecticut, is now feeding Tevye, Golde and the rest of the “Fiddler on the Roof” cast…
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Food Eizenshtein Is the New Baker On the Block
Chocolate babka (above) is one of the specialties at the new Eizenshtein’s Bakery. I was thrilled to hear a couple of weeks ago that a chef friend of mine was about to open his own bakery. Naturally, I had to get the inside scoop. Israeli-born Johnny Eizenshtein moved to the States two years ago, when…
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Food A Pre-Purim Peek at the Kosher Food & Wine Experience
The 10th annual , held at Chelsea Piers last week, featured an exciting lineup of kosher wine, spirits and tasty treats — many of which came from first-time vendors at the event. With the new KWFE 2016 phone app ready to go (no more paper pamphlets to scribble my notes in!), I began wandering the…
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Food Israeli Pastry Chef Gets James Beard Nod — for Bakery in Idaho
The James Beard Foundation announced its today and among the names, one jumped out at us. Moshit Mizrachi-Gabbitas of Janjou Pâtisserie in Boise, Idaho, was nominated for Outstanding Baker. “I am obviously extremely delighted and humbled to be nominated,” Mizrachi-Gabbitas said by phone from her bakery. “Such an honor to be on this list.” So…
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Recipes A Mushroom-Goat Cheese Pie for National Pizza Day — or Shabbat Dinner
Cheesy, comforting, versatile and full of flavor, pizza is a food that’s impossible not to love. And today, February 9, we have even more reason to celebrate it: It’s National Pizza Day! This year, instead of ordering in, I’m opting for something a little healthier and fresher. I’m going homemade — or at least semi-homemade….
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Recipes Fresh, Delicious Dining With ‘My Fat Dad’
Dawn Lerman’s sweet potato hummus is an easy homemade replacement for store-bought hummus. I recently picked up the memoir by New York Times Well blogger Dawn Lerman and was immediately intrigued. How could I not be, with a title like that? I was hooked after reading the three-page introduction, titled “Always Hungry,” in which Lerman…
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