Sukkot: The Next Holiday! If I could go back to the beginning of the creation of the calendar I would plead for a few more days between Yom Kippur and Sukkot. The High Holidays are so all encompassing and then, BOOM, it’s time for one of the pilgrimage holidays. I LOVE sukkot. Putting up the…
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A Couple Passover Desserts
Apple Crisp 4 large apples, peeled and thinly sliced Combine and pour over applies: 1 cup matzah cake flour ½ cup chopped walnuts or almonds 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp cinnamon 2 tablespoons water Melt 1/2 cup butter or margarine and pour over flour mixture and mix until crumbly. Crumble mixture over apples to cover…
Read More »A Terrific Latke Recipe
(I don’t have a photo of my own veggie latkes so I’m using an image from Chabad. You can find Miriam Szokovski’s recipe on the Chabad website here. I’ll be trying hers this year!) Garden Vegetable Latkes My wonderful co-presenter at the Chanukah cooking program, Paige, brought this delicious recipe to the workshop. It…
Read More »Join me this Sunday to Eat, Cook and Chat – Chanukah!
Cooking Jewish Whether You’re Jewish or Not: Chanukah Food plays a big part in Jewish culture and holidays. What if you’re not Jewish but want to create a wonderful festive meal for your family and friends? What if you are Jewish and you want to make the holiday more joyous, meaningful and delicious? Then come…
Read More »Passover – Charoses Recipes
We had a great time at the Passover workshop today. There were five different kinds of Charoses to sample. I thought I’d post at least those five. Here are even more than five recipes… You’ll notice in the first picture that charoses is piled up in a little pyramid. This is a fun way to…
Read More »Hamentashen Recipes for Purim
The Cooks are Happy! Hamentashen Baking Day has become an annual event with my friend, Laurie. She makes up several batches of dough and filling in advance of the Sunday before Purim. Then she invites friends and family to join her in her kitchen for the assembly line production of hundreds of Hamentashen – the…
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