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Kosher marshmallows are a must on many Seder tables. How did they get there?
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#tweetyourshabbat is a global movement founded by Carly Pildis, celebrating the struggle and joy of getting Shabbat on the table every week. This is a place for real dinners and real conversations about Jewish life. Join us at Forward in sharing what you’ll be eating and how you’re feeling this week at #TweetYourShabbat I have…
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Food My grandmother’s brownies make everything better
This Shabbat, we are approaching our second Passover in the pandemic. I feel hollowed out. Empty. I miss my family. I want a large rowdy seder. The unfathomable – holiday without family – has become the routine. I break out an old recipe book, the one my mother gave me at my bridal shower. I…
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Food Chill out with no-dairy no-churn peach pie ice cream #TweetYourShabbat
#tweetyourshabbat is a global movement founded by Carly Pildis, celebrating the struggle and joy of getting Shabbat on the table every week. This is a place for real dinners and real conversations about Jewish life. Join us at The Forward in sharing what you’ll be eating and how you’re feeling this week at #TweetYourShabbat It’s…
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Food Sprinkletastic strawberry ice cream cake for Shabbat Nachamu I #TweetYourShabbat
#tweetyourshabbat is a global movement founded by Carly Pildis, celebrating the struggle and joy of getting Shabbat on the table every week. This is a place for real dinners and real conversations about Jewish life. Join us at Forward in sharing what you’ll be eating and how your feeling this week at #TweetYourShabbat Today is…
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Recipes Dorie Greenspan’s World Peace Cookies – That You Can’t Mess Up
World Peace Cookies A little bit French chocolate sablé and a little bit American chocolate chip, World Peace Cookies are a force of their own: fine and sandy, but with a friendly, soft chew and generous pockets and wisps of chocolate. As the story goes, Dorie Greenspan’s neighbor told her that a daily dose of…
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Recipes Labneh Ice Cream With Pistachio-Sesame Brittle
Makes about 1¼ quarts (1¼l) I’ve been eternally fond of Middle Eastern food ever since my hippie-dippie days of spreading hummus on honey-sweetened whole-wheat pita bread topped with alfalfa sprouts. Once I discovered the cookbooks written by Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi, Anissa Helou, and Claudia Rodin, I realized that Middle Eastern cusine is a…
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Recipes Why Sour Cream Coffee Cake Is Quintessentially Jewish
Below is an excerpt from the Zingerman’s Bakehouse cookbook. Zingerman’s is a special bakery dedicated to fine desserts that’s been serving the community of Ann Arbor since 1982. Sour Cream Coffee Cake (or Lemon Poppy Seed) Makes one 9-inch (23cm) bundt cake This is our most popular coffee cake and possibly our most popular sweet…
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