Cooking
What My Sephardi and Ashkenazi Grandmothers Taught Me About Cooking and Feminism
Sephardi and Ashkenazi Cooking Traditions
Ode to the Frozen Mass-Produced Latke
When I was a kid, the crème de la crème of latkes were the frozen ones. And I don’t mean ...
A Sephardic Passover Meat Pie
For one Greek Jewish family, this casserole has been a seder staple for years.
Learning To Cook in My Southern Jewish Kitchen
There are many stereotypes about Jewish mothers. Some of them are positive, some less so. But we all know them ...
Passover: a Tribute to Women’s Wisdom
Over the generations women did not wait until the night of the Seder to show their commitment to upholding tradition. ...
My Big Happy Greek-Ashkenazi Family
When I was in Israel this fall, I ended up going to a Sephardic synagogue one Shabbat morning, and served ...
An Afro-Ashkefardi Recipe For Rosh Hashanah
From black-eyed pea hummus spiked with homemade horseradish harissa to matzoh-meal fried chicken cooked in shmaltz, to peach noodle kugels ...
Not My Mother’s Matzah Balls: My Moroccan Kitchen
I have often joked that I am the only woman in America who doesn’t cook anything that she grew up ...
A Recipe for Judaism
What makes a fish taste Jewish?For some, the immediate answer will be pickling and a former home in freshwater. For ...
Bringing a Rainbow (Cheesecake) to the Holiday Table
Next week marks the holiday of Shavuot. This holiday, which is celebrated seven weeks after Passover, marks the giving of the ...