Articles from Faith Kramer

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Spiced Carrot Baklava

Shredded carrots, honey, walnuts star in this New Year baklava

by Faith Kramer September 11, 2025September 11, 2025

pot roast

You can prepare this tangy beef dish ahead of Rosh Hashanah

by Faith Kramer August 29, 2025August 29, 2025

Chicken schnitzel

For Tu B’Av, the Jewish day of love, let garlic express your passion

by Faith Kramer July 31, 2025July 31, 2025

taquitos

Jewish Mexican recipes combine staples of both cultures

by Faith Kramer July 3, 2025July 3, 2025

Faith Kramer’s Tunisian-inspired stew of chickpeas and greens, served with labneh, harissa and caraway seed challah rolls. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Serve this Tunisian-spiced chickpea stew with caraway challah

by Faith Kramer May 27, 2025June 19, 2025

Like an icebox cake meets tiramisu, this Israeli-inspired dessert is packed with cream cheese and tahini and topped with whipped cream and carob syrup. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

This no-bake dessert mimics popular Israeli ‘icebox’ cakes

by Faith Kramer May 2, 2025June 19, 2025

Helene Radano’s No-Bake Matzah Napoleon (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

In Matzah Madness contest runners-up, matzah is basis for two indulgent desserts

by Faith Kramer April 4, 2025April 21, 2025

“Drunken grandmother" challah babka with a marbled poppyseed filling and a bourbon sugar syrup for Purim. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Try this wicked babka with bourbon syrup, a new kind of Purim treat

by Faith Kramer March 10, 2025March 10, 2025

A fruit tart sitting on a table

This coconut tart with symbolic fruits is a vegan Tu Bishvat dream

by Faith Kramer February 3, 2025February 3, 2025

a plate of colorful salad next to a small dish of zaatar seasoning

Goat cheese and za’atar add tang to warm lentil salad

by Faith Kramer January 6, 2025January 9, 2025