Shannon Sarna
Shannon Sarna is the former editor of The Nosher. Shannon grew up in upstate New York immersed in performance and music as well surrounded by diverse culinary experiences: Her Sicilian-American mother loved to bake, her Ashkenazi-Jewish father loved to experiment, and her grandfather was a food chemist who patented Tang among other products. Her writing and recipes have been featured in Bake from Scratch Magazine, Parade Magazine, Tablet Magazine, JTA News, New Jersey Monthly Magazine, Vinepair and Modern Loss. She graduated from Smith College in Northampton, MA with a degree in Comparative Government and Spanish Language and Literature and lives in South Orange, NJ with her husband, daughters and rescue dogs, Otis and Babka. Her first cookbook, Modern Jewish Baker: Challah, Babka, Bagels and More, was released in September 2017 by Countryman Press. To see what Shannon is cooking and eating, follow her on twitter @shasarna and on Instagram.
Articles by Shannon Sarna
Rosewater and Pistachio Hamantaschen
The Persian-inspired flavors of these hamantaschen have a rich yet subtle, fragrant flavor.
Inedible Hamantaschen Jewelry
Do you love food so much that you would wear it around your neck? Or hanging from your ears?If the ...
Speculoos Hamantaschen
Speculoos, or European cookie butter, seems to be all the rage these days. Trader Joe’s makes their own brand and ...
This Week in Noshing
I feel like I have barely left my apartment building for the past several weeks. Every week has been another ...
Love and Pudding Pie
My mom was always baking when I was growing up. Nothing complicated, in fact, quite the opposite: leftover slices of ...
King Cake Challah
I have always had a love of affair with the city of New Orleans. I have traveled there nearly ten ...
Homemade Granola Bars for Tu Bishvat
Tu Bishvat is not the holiday that commemorates the destruction of the temple; that’s Tisha B’Av, though I understand why ...
Reuben French Fries
Every year when I work on a new recipe in preparation for Superbowl Sunday, I write and reflect on the ...
On the Road with The Nosher
The past few weeks have felt like a whirlwind of packing, unpacking, eating, and then packing again. My daughter and ...