Of all the confounding mysteries of Jewish tradition, why Jews eat dairy foods on the holiday of Shavuot certainly isn’t the biggest or most important. But I have always wondered how Shavuot became the cheese holiday. Related Cheesecake for Breakfast — and Soon, for Shavuot 15 Fabulous Vegetarian Dairy Recipes for Shavuot How I Turned…
You can fill these doughnuts with whatever you’d like — here I used raspberry jam. We cut the dough with a drinking glass, which made a dozen. Obviously the number will depend on the size of your glass. 2 packets (2 tablespoons) dry yeast ¾ cup warm water 1 cup whole milk ¾ cup sugar…
My ad man dad was never a morning person. He said that when he slept, his best ideas came to him — including his award-winning slogans for “Leggo My Eggo,” “Soup is Good Food” and “Coke is It.” On the weekends, my little sister April and I knew the only way to awake my father…
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Where I live in Brooklyn, there is no shortage of worthy bakeries, from old-school Jewish joints like Isaac’s Bake Shop and Ostrovitsky to artisanal spots like Ovenly and Bien Cuit. Like with most things, I have found that getting my hands on a perfectly flaky breakfast croissant or satisfying an afternoon cookie craving doesn’t require…
It is hard to think of something more fitting to serve for Mother’s Day than babka. Named after the bubbes who baked them in Eastern Europe (babka translates to “grandmother’s loaf”), the brioche-tender, bread-cake hybrid, which comes swirled with chocolate or cinnamon, is the edible equivalent of maternal affection. Meanwhile, Mother’s Day celebrations tend to…
When we slather our mothers with chocolaty tributes on Mother’s Day, we will be stepping onto a chocolate trail pioneered by Jewish mothers before us, notably Rebecca Gomez of the 18th-Century Colonial Period. Related Gomez, along with her husband and son, had an appetite for the chocolate business in Manhattan. After the death of her…
Reuters — Every year, for the first few days of Passover, matzo seems somehow so new. A fat shmear of Temp-Tee ultra-whipped cream cheese and a tart and fruity jelly on top. Or soaked and fried into a matzo brei, crunchy with sugar and cinnamon. These are the foods of memory to me. But the…
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