From tangy pizza starters to gourmet cheese casseroles and luscious cheesecake desserts, quality dairy cheese products provide the key ingredients for a scrumptious array of Shavuot dishes that will be served to family and friends during the festive …
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5/22/15
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(The Nosher via JTA) – This cake is inspired by the uber-popular Israeli sweet lemonade, that’s always punched up with fresh mint, called limonana.
Limonana is really just a simple drink, but it has taken Israel by storm over the last …
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Tami Ganeles-Weiser
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5/7/15
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StatePoint – Do you have dinner with your kids? It’s become almost a luxury today, with our crammed schedules. And yet, numerous studies show that no other hour in your children’s day will deliver as many emotional and psychological benefits …
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5/7/15
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Asparagus is one of the many foods that signal spring. Although you can buy it year-round in the vegetable section of your supermarket, it is never better than at this time of the year.
Did you know that the Romans cultivated asparagus as far …
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FRAN OSTENDORF
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5/7/15
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Family Features – There’s no better place than the kitchen to honor your special bond with a woman who has taught you all you know about cooking and baking. Whether she’s your mom, or a woman who has been like a mom in your life, Mother’s …
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4/23/15
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(The Nosher via JTA) – In the ancient world, bread was usually made by using a type of sourdough starter. A little bit of raw dough was set aside, unbaked, in a cool, shaded place. This dough was then used as the leavening agent for the next …
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DAHLIA ABRAHAM-KLEIN
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4/13/15
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(The Dayton Jewish Observer/JTA) – Vegetarian food brought Cantor Jenna Greenberg and Rabbi Josh Ginsberg together. The two met as students at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, when a classmate organized a singles dinner at a kosher …
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Marshall Weiss
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3/26/15
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“Passover is coming! Don’t panic!”
So begins Mindy Ginsberg’s new cookbook, “The Easy-Way-Out-of Passover Cookbook,” which goes on to say: “Believe it or not you may even enjoy this crazy week” and “I actually like to stay …
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CYNTHIA BENJAMIN
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3/26/15
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(Part 1 of 2)
Years ago, when my youngest son was 4, on the sixth or seventh night of Passover, he asked what was for dinner.
“Please,” he begged, “don’t say the M word.”
After I stopped laughing, and served up matzo pizza for …
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CYNTHIA BENJAMIN
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3/12/15
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While chocolate is not usually considered a healthy snack, eating dark chocolate in moderation can be good for us. Dark chocolate contains a variety of antioxidants that prevent damage in your body caused by harmful waste products. …
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2/26/15
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