Recipe Help! I need a main course and a tasty Pesach dessert By Faith Kramer Mar 28, 2023 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. “What should I serve for a non-seder dinner during Passover?” and “What should I make for an alternative Passover…
Recipe One-pot recipes serve up big Jewish flavors with little fuss By Faith Kramer Jan 5, 2023 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. I like big flavors, I cannot lie. But do big flavors have to mean a big fuss? These one-pot recipes based on Jewish…
Recipe Perfect for Shabbat: Moroccan fish and pomegranate eggplant By Faith Kramer Apr 18, 2023 Two recently published kosher cookbooks inspired a recent Shabbat dinner that wowed my guests. I served the Pomegranate-Glazed Eggplant from Naomi Ross’ cookbook “The Giving Table” (Menucha…
Recipe Nacho quiche: perfect for Shavuot and Mother’s Day By Faith Kramer May 11, 2023 “Nachos meets quiche” is how I describe this lush recipe inspired by three important things: a recent camping trip through the Southwest, Shavuot, and Mother’s Day. I had already been planning to…
Recipe Caramelized onions and ‘bacon’ give these latkes oomph By Faith Kramer Dec 8, 2022 Looking to change up your latkes this year? Try these. They are filled with the oomph of caramelized onion and, if you want, the smokiness of “bacon” — using turkey, beef or plant-based strips. This…
Recipe Antidote to bad weather: Kurdish Jewish dumpling stew By Faith Kramer Jan 10, 2023 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. The recent foul weather has left me craving a traditional Jewish favorite — Shabbat stew, a warming and filling…
Recipe This poppy seed kugel is perfect for Purim By Faith Kramer Feb 20, 2023 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. I’ve been getting a lot of requests lately for a recipe for noodle kugel, a decadent dairy, baked casserole inspired…
Recipe Tahini and eggplant add Mideast flair to turkey meatballs By Faith Kramer Apr 26, 2023 I’ve combined some of my favorites — roasted eggplant, sautéed onions, turkey meatballs and tahini sauce — in this take on siniyah, a Middle Eastern dish with Palestinian roots. There are several…
Recipe Fall spices put some spring in your hamantaschen By Faith Kramer Feb 27, 2023 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Purim is nearly upon us, so of course I’ve been thinking of hamantaschen. This year I’m using a lightly spiced dough…
Recipe These crispy li’l matzah balls go with everything By Faith Kramer Mar 21, 2023 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. I’ve given some traditional Passover foods a bit of an untraditional spin this year, making my matzah balls crispy and…
Recipe Enrich your holiday pot roast with Genovese onion-wine sauce By Faith Kramer Dec 14, 2022 My favorite souvenir from a trip is an idea for a recipe. During a recent visit to Italy, I tasted a beefy onion and wine pasta sauce in Naples. Genovese sauce is rich and full flavored, and I…
Recipe Honey, fruits and nuts star in this Tu B’Shevat dessert By Faith Kramer Feb 2, 2023 The New Year of the Trees, or Tu B’Shevat, is a joyous time to eat fruits and fruit-based dishes. Honeyed Freekeh with Dried Fruits and Almonds combines flavors and traditions from the global Jewish…
Organic Epicure Our columnist's cookbook goes around the world for a year of Shabbat By Alix Wall Nov 12, 2021 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Shabbat dinner fare has come a long way since the days when roast chicken graced most tables, right alongside the…
Recipe Oil vey: More fried treats to try this Hanukkah By Faith Kramer Nov 29, 2021 A holiday that lasts for eight nights provides plenty of opportunities to experiment with new recipes, including these two — both of which celebrate Hanukkah’s signature moment: the miracle of the…
Recipe Eggplant is a global Jewish staple. Here are two dishes to try. By Faith Kramer Apr 19, 2021 The role of eggplant in Jewish cuisine has long fascinated me. This versatile fruit masquerading as a vegetable originated in Persia, was popularized by the Moors, and became so associated with Jews…
Recipe Learn about Sigd with the flavors of Ethiopia By Faith Kramer Nov 12, 2020 The holiday of Sigd originated with the Beta Israel, the Jews of Ethiopia, and has been recognized as a state holiday for all Israelis since 2008. This year it begins at sunset Nov. 15 and ends after…
Recipe These Jewish recipes from the early 1900s are just as tasty today By Faith Kramer Mar 21, 2022 Ever wonder what the earliest recipe columns in this newspaper were like? Now that J. and its predecessor publications’ archives have been digitized, I was able to explore what local Jews were…
Recipe Three tasty — and scholarly — Sephardi Jewish recipes By Faith Kramer Jul 28, 2021 “To eat is to remember.” That phrase from Hélène Jawhara Piñer’s “Sephardi: Cooking the History” sums up the theme of this new book about the culinary heritage of Iberian Jews (before and after the…
Recipe Use biblical Seven Species to class up Tu B’Shevat By Faith Kramer Feb 6, 2020 Celebrate the New Year of Trees by partaking of these parve desserts based on the Tu B’Shevat tradition of eating the Seven Species, agricultural products of ancient Israel mentioned in the Torah.…
Recipe Thanksgiving leftovers? Try sweet potato pie with Palestinian flavors By Faith Kramer Nov 25, 2019 Here are some tasty hacks for Thanksgiving leftovers that are so good you might want to plan ahead to make extra for these recipes. The inspiration for Spiced Turkey with Tahini Sauce in a Sweet…
Recipe How about some ‘beer mitzvah’ food this Father’s Day? By Faith Kramer Jun 12, 2019 How about making it a hands-on Father’s Day this year — as in hand-held foods for dad and/or anyone else who likes to get their mitts on juicy barbecued chicken sandwiches, pastrami sliders and…
Recipe Oh my gourd: 2 punchy pumpkin recipes for fall By Faith Kramer Nov 7, 2019 You might not realize it, but pumpkins are featured in many Jewish culinary traditions. What you do know is that, here in America, pumpkins and pumpkin-pie spice are almost official fall flavors.…
Recipe Flame and burn, pear and plum — dishes to prep for High Holidays By Faith Kramer Aug 11, 2020 The month of Elul is almost here, and so is the season for plums and pears, a connection European sages made hundreds of years ago. The crops were not the only reason they associated the fruits with…
Recipe Pumpkin spice time: bring a little Americana to halvah and lamb chops By Faith Kramer Sep 24, 2021 Does autumn have a flavor? I’d have to say it’s the comforting, sweet spiciness of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves — integral to spice mixes such as Moroccan ras el hanout and Middle Eastern baharat as…
Recipe Hanukkah preview of ‘52 Shabbats’: brisket, latkes and challah fritters By Faith Kramer Nov 12, 2021 The Hanukkah season is one of delight for young and old. For my children, it was the excitement of lighting the candles, opening gifts, spinning the dreidel and singing songs. For the adults, it was…