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Passover: Chozen Ice Cream-A Lighter Finish to that Heavy Seder Meal

Photo: Laura B. Weiss
Chozen Ice Cream, concocted by three New York women, with names and ingredients that tap into the shtetl/Jewish culinary tradition—from Matzoh Crunch to the newest flavor, Apples and Honey, is a great finish to your Seder meal. Let’s face it, Haroseth, pot roast and matzoh ball soup (hopefully, of the non-cannonball variety), [...]

Passover Recipe: Easy Italian-Ashkenazi Matzoh Ball Soup

Passover Italian-Ashkenazi Chicken-Matza Ball Soup
Italian matzoh ball soup??

This unusual recipe, combining the Sepharidic and Ashkenazi traditions—Italian and Ashkenazi Chicken-Matza Ball Soup—comes, says Chef Renee, from a wonderful cookbook called The Classic Cuisine of the Italian Jews, by Edda Servi Machlin, first published in 1981.
Explains Chef Renee Marton: “The recipe is a combination of Italian Passover [...]

New Passover Cookbook Nominated for James Beard Award

Jewish Holiday Cooking: A Treasury of Classics and Improvisations, by Jayne Cohen, was just nominated for a James Beard Award.
Jane also offers table setting, wine and other seder tips in an article now appearing on Epicurious.

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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