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Upper West Side: A Rosh Hashanah Cooking Lesson from the JCC

Looking for Rosh Hashanah cooking ideas? Check out this “Today” show video featuring Julie Negrin, director of the NewYork JCC culinary program. Negrin teaches Al Roker how to make challah for the Jewish New Year.
What’s challah taste like?  Just ask “Today” anchor Ann Curry.
“It tastes just like brioche, doesn’t it, really?”
Hmmm.

Zabar’s and JCC Team for Passover Cooking Event

For those of you for whom Passover means dull, flourless cooking, fear not. Zabar’s and the Jewish Community Center on Amsterdam Avenue are teaming up to offer a Passover cooking demo and tasting March 29.
The event will feature The JCC in Manhattan’s Chef Instructor and Cookbook Author, Jennifer Abadi, who will be at Zabar’s 2nd [...]

Jewish Food: The JCC’s Yiddish (Food) Festival

Oy gevalt! Tap into your Yiddish roots and check out  Yiddish Live! at the JCC this weekend. Of special note, Arthur Schwartz, the Jewish culinary expert, will be on hand to discuses his new book, Jewish Home Cooking – Yiddish Recipes Revisited
Yiddish comes alive in an all-day festival dedicated to contemporary takes on Yiddish [...]