“Cooking is one of those arts which most requires to be done by persons of a religious nature.” — Alfred North Whitehead Bread or sex? It’s a time-honored question, with its attendant subtexts. Would you rather engage in pleasures of the flesh or devour a bunch of doughnuts? With gluten allergies on the rise, maybe…
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. If you need to build an ark, the Torah will tell you how. If you need to construct an ephod, the Torah will tell you how to do that, too. But if you want to bake challah, you have to look beyond the Five Books of Moses,…
Most of us are still recovering from Passover and its days of potatoes, matzo and endless multi-course meals. Many made resolutions to cleanse, diet and lose those pounds before Shavuot comes, and with it cheesecake and pastas galore. Tanya Zuckerbrot MS, RD, a NYC-based Registered Dietitian, bestselling author of The F-Factor Diet and creator of…
May I toot own horn for one tiny second to say that when I make challah, there is never any left the next morning for French toast? Ok really, the credit should go to my all time favorite recipe. It’s unstoppable. But my point is: how do people let challah go stale in the name…
The Gray Lady visited Livingston, New Jersey last week to take the temperature of a town that’s worrying itself sick about the impact of the Republican tax bill on its home prices and broader economy. The town of about 30,000 is about half Jewish, so natch the New York Times article featured several Jewy names:…
Whether you choose to make or buy, there are myriad ways to add Jewish flavor to your Thanksgiving feast. Here are a few of our favorite ideas: 1) Instead of basic dinner rolls or cornbread, try one of two pumpkin challah recipes: Shannon Sarna’s pumpkin-spice challah or Leah Koenig’s take on Maggie Glezer’s pumpkin challah…
People have some strong feelings about pumpkin spice: Some love it, some loathe it. Once autumn arrives, I want to put cinnamon, clove and pumpkin in just about everything, including challah. Once this challah bakes up, your kitchen will smell like pure autumnal heaven. If by some chance you have leftovers, it makes wonderful French…
Many people across the country are frazzled by preparing for Thanksgiving, scribbling shopping lists, clipping coupons, searching recipes and inviting guests to what they feel is the the largest, most difficult, extremely fattening and most fun-filled family gathering of the year. We Jews laugh. After all, we prepare for this size event every Friday night…
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