Kosher cooking
Humous, the Arabic name for chickpea pate along with it’s close cousins tehina and matboucha has become a Jewish food. In Jerusalem , in Bnai Brak, in Boro Park ,in Monsey, all over the Jewish world Shabbos doesnt seem quite right without the so called dips course, a Jewish variation on the Middle Eastern mezze, … Continue reading
I have mixed feelings about posting this recipe, not that it isn’t yummy-these brownies deliver in the taste department and they are easy; you can put them together in less time than it would take to drive to a bakery, find parking and stand in line to pay. Baking your own Passover brownies will … Continue reading
The other day I discovered two left over hard boiled eggs and two soft avocadoes. When I looked at them together the proverbial light switch went off in my brain- avocado plus eggs equals guacamole. I learned that math from my mother. No, it isn’t Hungarian-they didnt have avocadoes in pre War Hungary. My mother … Continue reading
I’m loathe to post a recipe made with Rich’s whip, the pareve ersatz cream that has become such a great favorite among the kosher set. That’s because Rich’s is a pseudo food. Read the label- HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED COCONUT OIL, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL. Those aren’t things I stock in my … Continue reading
The last time I was in New York I stared hard at a bottle vanilla beans.I’d never seen them in Israel and I’d heard that they were amazing and I wanted to buy the bottle but…..my sensible self kicked in. “that bottle is glass. What if it shatters in the suitcase. My spontaneous impulsive self … Continue reading
Until my son Aryeh showed me how I didn’t believe that Sahlab was something I could made at home. Let me correct that. I know that there are sahlab mixes on the market. I’ve used them to make the classic Middle Eastern sweet milk pudding, but how could I make sahlab without a mix? “It’s … Continue reading
My mother’s menu planning method was to go to the produce market, look around and come home inspired. I see that I’m the same way. The other day I was at Osher Ad (Endless Bliss, in English-that name just kills me every time) and I saw something I’d never seen before -fresh oregano leaves!From Gush … Continue reading
Succoth which is coming up soon is a major bread eating holiday.There are fourteen meals over the course of a the seven day holiday. For Jews a meal means bread. And lots of bread gets eaten in the sukkah.Thre’s also lots of entertaining, actual and metaphysical as every sukkah receives a nightly visit from one … Continue reading
Though we reflexively translate the Hebrew word “tapuach” as an apple, it isn’t clear that this is accurate. Tapuach which was the fruit of the tree of wisdom and also the paradisically scented fruit described in the Song of Songs may have been a citron, or according to some scholars a quince. “Tapuach” is also … Continue reading
I can’t believe that Rosh Hashana is only a week away. One of my favorite parts of this holiday are the symbolic foods-especially these latkes which are so yummy you might be tempted to eat them all year round. Here are recipes for two. Gourd or snake squash which is called kra in Aramaic has … Continue reading
