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      Two-Hot Sauce Grilled Chicken with amba drizzle and kale (Photo/Faith Kramer)

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      This Two-Hot Sauce Grilled Chicken combines Israeli favorites

      By Faith Kramer Jun 5, 2023
      The Jews of North Africa and Yemen created hot sauces that have become Israeli favorites: zhug (made from fresh chili peppers) and harissa (made from dried ones). I combine these with another Israeli…
      Raised doughnuts (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      Recipe

      D is for delicious on National Doughnut Day

      By Faith Kramer May 30, 2023
      In honor of National Doughnut Day on June 2, I am featuring two doughnut recipes — including a fried, yeasted version adapted from former Bay Area resident Rachel Teichman’s “D is for Donut,” a new…
      Southwest quiche with cornbread crust — on vacation! (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Turkey meatballs with roast eggplant slices and sautéed onions baked in tahini sauce. (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Moroccan Fish from "Best of Kosher." (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Passover fruit tart with macaroon crust (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Chopped Passover Salad with Beet Horseradish Dressing and Crispy Matzah Balls. (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Spiced hamantaschen makes a sweet, tangy treat for Purim. (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Jammy Poppyseed Kugel  (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Honeyed freekeh with dried fruit and almonds (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      The motley crew of Nazi hunters returns to bring down the ultimate prey: Hitler himself. (Photo/Courtesy Prime Video)

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      Has 'Hunters,' the Holocaust revenge fantasy, had a change of heart?

      By PJ Grisar, Forward Jan 12, 2023
      “Hunters” season two opens in Austria and, even before it showed a pair of severed eyeballs affixed to a butter sculpture as a Yiddish version of Kelis’ “Milkshake” plays, the show sent…
      Kurdistan Shabbat Stew with Dumplings (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Turmeric ginger red lentils with cauliflower (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Pot roast with Genovese sauce (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Caramelized onion latkes (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      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…
      Two images: on the left, a white bowl filled with a salad of barley and greens; on the right, an image of a smiling woman with her arms crossed.

      Recipe

      This rabbi is writing a book on the foods (and recipes) of the Talmud

      By Faith Kramer Nov 17, 2022
      What foods did the sages eat and write about? What does that tell us about Jews of ancient times? Rabbi Rebecca Joseph has pondered such questions in her studies of the Talmud and other classical…
      Home cured lox on bagel with cream cheese from "Bagels, Schmears, and a Nice Piece of Fish." (Photo/Linda Xiao)

      Recipe

      With new cookbook, curing your own lox is easier than you think

      By Faith Kramer Nov 9, 2022
      What’s for brunch Thanksgiving weekend and throughout the winter holiday season? At our house, the menu will center on home-cured lox served with cream cheese spreads adapted from Cathy Barrow’s new…
      Baked ziti with eggplant (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      Recipe

      My real comfort food is baked ziti, not kugel

      By Faith Kramer Nov 1, 2022
      In the New York neighborhood where I grew up, even if you weren’t Italian, you cooked like you were. Thus, the comfort food of my youth wasn’t kugel or blintzes. It was eggplant parmesan, lasagna…
      No-Bake Vegan Millionaire Squares (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      Recipe

      No-bake ‘millionaire’ bars are a rich treat for a sweet Simchat Torah

      By Faith Kramer Oct 13, 2022
      Marking the end of the annual Torah reading cycle, Simchat Torah is one of the most joyous days on the Jewish calendar. Tradition calls for dancing with Torah scrolls and eating festive meals and…
      Sukkot Chicken Roll With Kale Filling and Tomato Apricot Sauce (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      Recipe

      Dinner in the sukkah: try this spice-packed chicken rolo

      By Faith Kramer Oct 3, 2022
      Chicken Rolo with Kale Filling and Tomato-Apricot Sauce is perfect for dinner under the sukkah this Sukkot, which begins at sundown Oct. 9. The rolo, or meatloaf, combines Italian, Sephardic and…
      Rosh Hashanah dinner: Moroccan roast vegetables with spiced salmon topping (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      Recipe

      Start the year in Morocco with this veggie-rich Rosh Hashanah dinner

      By Faith Kramer Sep 14, 2022
      Rosh Hashanah dinner in the Moroccan tradition often includes a dish of seven vegetables, many symbolic of the New Year, such as pumpkin for calling attention to our good deeds and leeks for…
      This Rosh Hashanah appetizer board is full of symbolic foods and family favorites. (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      Recipe

      This Rosh Hashanah, fill up on symbolic dips, bites and small plates

      By Faith Kramer Sep 7, 2022
      Treat your Rosh Hashanah dinner guests to a welcoming array of appetizers that are not only tasty but also symbolic of our wishes for the new year. Chard Tahini Dip, Honey with a Kick, Whipped Garlic…
      Hawaij oven roasted fries with harissa ketchup and z'hug tahini sauce. (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      Recipe

      Let these Middle Eastern flavors spice up crunchy oven fries

      By Faith Kramer Aug 22, 2022
      Crunchy, lightly spiced potatoes are tossed with fresh garlic and parsley for a tasty take on a Kramer family favorite: double-cooked oven fries. This version is flavored with a Yemeni hawaij…
      Shane Soldinger (left), general manager of Silver Trident Winery, pours wine for an attendee of L'Chaim, with John Bonick (center) of Art House Wines nearby.  (Photo/Janna Waldinger-Art & Clarity Photography)

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      Wine (and pastrami) flowed at L’Chaim Napa food and wine festival

      By Alix Wall Aug 10, 2022
      Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. The pastrami was plentiful and the wine was flowing on Aug. 7 at the CIA at Copia in Napa, where Congregation Beth…
      Tahini and Silan "Ice Cream" (Photo/Faith Kramer)

      Recipe

      Tahini, silan and dates star in these frozen desserts

      By Faith Kramer Aug 8, 2022
      Tahini and dates give two summer frozen treats a Middle Eastern twist. Tahini and Silan “Ice Cream” is a vegan frozen dessert flavored with earthy sesame seed paste and sweet-tart silan (aka date…
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