Four (or Five) Cups of Wine in Support of Israel
Despite all the upheaval and social distancing, Passover will soon be here, and we will need wine to celebrate.
The availability of great Israeli wine...
Coping with Bread Withdrawal: Recipes for Passover
Quite a few of the Jewish holidays come with increased restrictions on our behavior. Don’t turn on the lights during Shabbat. Don’t eat this...
Passover Recipes to Destress the Chef
By Jamie Geller | JTA
Passover may be the mother of all kitchen yuntifs, but stay cool and don’t stress. Here are some of my...
Feast on Sephardi Food This Passover
By Linda Morel
Like many modern women, Michelle Azar Aaron juggles many balls.
She is a singer, actress, and writer of her one-woman show, “From Baghdad...
Recipes by an Anosmiac: You Don’t Need to Be Able to Smell This Sandwich...
By Leah Holzel
Much of the pleasure we get from food comes by way of our sense of smell.
Yes, our sense of taste is important,...
Roasted Cauliflower Soup
Cauliflower is readily available at any food store, always in season, light, loaded with good nutrients, and affordable. As a cook, I find it is so diverse, easy to work with, and forgiving; and best of all, it will adopt to any flavor you add to it.
Chef Gary’s Fried Flounder Fillet
My mother Ruth and my Grandma Stella always made this dish by frying flounder or sole in a pan with oil. Any firm, flaky...
Show-Stopping Southern Fried Chicken
By Keri White
My husband is Southern. People are always shocked when they hear about a Jewish guy from Arkansas, but his family was part...
Chef Gary Heats Things Up with Grandma Stella’s Hungarian Lima Bean Soup
This is one soup that will not let you down. It is the ultimate way to get the chill out and the dill out....
Chef Gary’s Kosher Pollo Parmigiana
Many generations ago, chicken was considered pareve — neither dairy nor meat, like fish. Changes in Jewish law mean kosher-keeping Jews today cannot enjoy...
