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Haroset Recipe: The Diaspora Approach for Passover

This haroset recipe combines ingredients from Jewish communities around the world, some thriving, some near extinction. Chef Renee’s haroset draws from several Jewish cultures—from Indian as well as from Ashkenazi and Sephardic culinary traditions.
Why is this night different from every other night? Because this haroset celebrates Jewish multiculturalism.
Diaspora Haroset
Serves 8
Preheat oven to 350F
INGREDIENTS
½ cup [...]

Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast Recipe: The Best Noodle Kugel

If you’re a fan of the type of noodle kugel that can serve as a ship’s ballast, stop reading. If, on the other hand, you crave a noodle pudding that’s light and airy—dare I say, almost souffle-like—then read on. Here’s my post for Reba’s Noodle Pudding from last year. Seriously, it’s the best you’ll ever [...]

Upper West Side: Zabar’s Jumps the High Holidays Gun

Who can think of shtetl food like brisket and stuffed cabage when it’s 110 degrees in the shade? But for Zabar’s, the venerable Jewish food emporium on Broadway, it’s apparently not too early to begin urging you to plan your New Year’s or Yom Kippur Break Fast menu. So if cooking is not your thing [...]

Passover is Coming–Dine In or Out?

When it comes to where I tuck into my bowl of matzoh ball soup on Passover, I have no choice. Every year, I dine with a gaggle of relatives at our family’s annual Long Island Seder where traditional foods like brisket and kugel are the order of the day.
But you don’t have to stick with [...]

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Haroset Recipe: The Diaspora Approach for Passover

Yom Kippur Break-the-Fast Recipe: The Best Noodle Kugel

Upper West Side: Zabar’s Jumps the High Holidays Gun

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