Welcome to the Forward’s collection of Jewish food recipes.
Welcome to the Forward’s collection of Jewish food recipes.
Welcome to the Forward’s collection of Jewish food recipes.
Welcome to the Forward’s collection of Jewish food recipes.
Courtesy of Dorie Greenspan Makes 32 cookies For the dough: 4 ounces cold cream cheese, cut into 4 pieces 1 stick (8 tablespoons) cold unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/4 teaspoon salt For the filling 2/3 cup seedless raspberry jam, apricot jam or marmalade 2 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon ground…
Reprinted with permission of Joan Nathan On the morning of Purim, Moroccan Jews decorate the table with flowers and sweets. Marzipan-stuffed prunes with walnuts and such cookies as ghouribi are a few of the delicacies. Ghouribi are easily prepared walnut cookies, which children enjoy rolling with their hands. Makes about 30 cookies 1 cup vegetable…
Courtesy The Hadassah Everyday Cookbook: Daily Meals for the Contemporary Jewish Kitchen by Lean Koenig Makes 2 1/2 dozen cookies 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk 1 egg white 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract Scant 1/4 teaspoon orange extract 1/8 teaspoon salt 3 1/2 cups shredded unsweetened coconut 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips 1) Preheat oven…
Hanukkah often feels like a week-long calorie splurge. Between the fried latkes, sufganiyot (Hebrew for doughnuts), and chocolate gelt, the extra calories can really add up quickly in our diets. But maybe there’s a way to enjoy the holiday’s celebration of oil and sweets a bit more healthfully? Indeed there is! Resist the urge to…
We tend to think of seasonal eating as a buzzword in today’s foodie scene, but it’s actually an old concept. As a practitioner of Chinese medicine, I spend a lot of time sifting through ancient Chinese treatises on diet and healing, all of which stress the importance of eating with the seasons as a means…
For most of us, Thanksgiving is a time to overindulge, give in, and stuff ourselves to the brim — not so different from most Jewish festivals that revolve around food. You’re probably expecting me (a holistic health counselor and nutrition student) to give you a list of all the things not to eat, right? Well,…
It happens the same way each year. Just as the leaves begin to turn colors and the crisp fall air fills my lungs, I get a frantic phone call from my mother. I hear the desperation in her voice, and I know it can be about only one thing: pareve ginger snaps. These little trinkets…
Chocolate balls are as iconic as falafel in Israel, yet most tourists have never heard of them. After all, nobody is hawking these colorful confections on street corners. Kadorei shokolad, as they are known in Hebrew, are part of the quintessential Israeli childhood but they’re rarely seen outside the home. They might be ignored by…
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