Schmaltz is the secret ingredient you need for your salad
By Stephanie Ganz
If you, like me, are a regular chicken roaster, you’re halfway to one of the best salad dressings out there: schmaltz vinaigrette,...
Make the most of August produce
By Linda Morel
I love late August. Farmers markets and backyard gardens are jumping, offering the summer’s best yield.
Think of crisp string beans, firm cucumbers,...
Why Russian Jews are obsessed with this salad
By Sonya Sanford
Health salads — sweet and tangy slaw-like, cabbage-based salads that often include carrots, bell peppers and cucumbers — are a fixture of...
A Japanese feast in time for the Olympics
By Linda Morel
I can’t wait for the Olympics. If your family is like mine, we are glued to the TV, watching each day’s events.
I...
Recipes to keep the weight off
By Linda Morel
If you’re like me, you saw bathing suit season coming and you went on a diet. You’ve lost some weight. Maybe you’ve...
Picnic perfect Mediterranean orzo salad
By Jessica Grann
This orzo salad is my go-to summer picnic salad because it’s so full of flavor, yet very light. I love the mix...
How to make baba ghanoush at home
By Jessica Grann
Known as baba ghanoush across the Levant, this simple roasted eggplant salad only has a handful of ingredients. Like hummus, most people...
Cicadas are edible. But are they kosher?
By Isabella Lefkowitz-Rao
Worried? Repulsed? Intrigued? The emergence of Brood X is eliciting a whole host of emotions and has left people wondering what to...
Piyaz: A simple summer salad
By Jessica Grann
In Israel and throughout the Mediterranean Basin, salads, or salatim, rarely contain lettuce. Some are raw, and some are cooked — like...
Spring chicken dinner
Story and photos by Keri White
Spring has arrived in earnest, and that means a new crop of seasonal produce is at the market. I...
