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Babka Bread Pudding
Bread pudding is one of my absolute favorite desserts – its easy to make and is one of those great ...
Ask the Expert: Taking Challah
Why do we burn up a little piece of dough when we make bread?
Passover Recipes: Chicken with Apple Salsa
My philosophy on cooking for Passover is to avoid the fake stuff and go au natural. The more straight proteins, ...
The Best Hamantaschen Recipe Ever
This tried-and-true hamantaschen recipe comes out perfect every time.
What It Means to Keep Kosher for Passover
Hametz, kitniyot and the holiday's dietary restrictions.
Kashrut: History and Development
Rabbinic Judaism elaborated a series of practices for putting the biblical restrictions into practice.
Vegetarianism: An Alternative Kashrut
The author argues that our evolving religious sensibilities should bring us to recognize vegetarianism as a new mitzvah.
Kashrut Themes and Theology
Jewish dietary laws, the origins of which are in biblical law, have a variety of explanations within the Bible itself, and those explanations have themselves been the subject of multiple interpretations.