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…
Pumpkin-apple challah from “Modern Jewish Cooking,” photographed by Sari Kamin of . What is it about Jews and bread? I can’t help but notice that virtually every time I read a bread-related story (and there are a lot of them lately), it involves a member of the Tribe. Innovative, socially conscious bakery putting out a…
Freshly baked loaves of vegan challah cooling on racks at the Hazon Food Conference. On a chilly December morning, dozens of people gathered around bowls of dough, ready to bake. What brought us there was the at the Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center in Connecticut, and more specifically, a workshop entitled “Yeast of Eden: Baking…
Dahlia Abraham-Klein, the author of showed us how to make her gorgeous rose-shaped challah for the month of Adar at the Forward’s Eat, Drink + Think event last December. Rose-Shaped Challah With Raisins and Rosewater Makes 8-10 challahs 4 tablespoons active dry yeast 4½ cups warm water ¾ cup organic sugar plus 2 tablespoons organic…
has a bun in the oven. The hugely popular Union Square bakery — whose new kiosk in midtown’s Bryant Square Park opens today — will open an Upper West Side location later this year, owner Gadi Peleg told the Forward. Peleg and Israeli-born partner Uri Scheft have signed a lease at 1890 Broadway at 63rd…
Schlissell challah made by Melinda Strauss, whose site, Kitchen Tested, offers a recipe and how-to. Photograph by Melinda Strauss Bread has been on my mind lately… It seems there’s nothing like a week of absence to make my love of complex carbohydrates grow stronger. As we begin counting until Shavuot, many will think of dairy…
via wikicommons The first thing I did when I finished reading Rabbi Dr. Haviva Ner David’s new book, “Chana’s Voice” is to set out to learn how to bake challah. Haviva’s writing is like that; she inspires you to open your heart and approach yourself to new possibilities. For Haviva, baking challah is one of…
Olive-oil expert Maia Hirschbein’s mother used to use low-quality olive oil in her cooking, but when she switched to the high-quality stuff, her challah and other dishes were transformed. Thinkstock ½ cup warm water 1 package or 1 tablespoon yeast 1 tablespoon sugar ½ cup warm water ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 ½ teaspoons…
דער ייִדישער מוזיקער אָלעס וואַלינטשיק וויל ווײַזן דער וועלט די טיפֿע צונויפֿפֿלעכטונג פֿון דער ייִדישער און אוקראַיִישער קולטור.
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