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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)
Posted inRecipe

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

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer May 2, 2025June 19, 2025
L. John Harris wearing his garlic turban at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in 1979. (Ann Ashley)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Why the ‘Garlic Guy’ cleaves to cloves

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 30, 2025June 19, 2025
A deli sandwich as served for a time at Little Red Window by Adam Rosenblum, whose next project, Super Mensch, will also feature deli classics. (File photo)
Posted inSmall Bites

Super Mensch, deli with Jewish-inspired cocktails, coming to S.F.’s Marina

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 29, 2025June 19, 2025
Pomella in Oakland (Courtesy Chris Calderon)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Oakland’s Pomella to close; owner cites costs and Israel war

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 28, 2025June 19, 2025
These cookies have the sweetness and flavor of baklava and none of the stickiness. (Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

Pistachio-date cookies taste like baklava without the work

Micah Siva by Micah Siva April 23, 2025June 19, 2025
Opening day at Poppy Bagels in Oakland's Temescal neighborhood, Feb. 1, 2022. (Lillian Ilsley-Greene/J. Staff)
Posted inSmall Bites

S.F. Jew out on ‘Top Chef’; Bagels in Chronicle’s top 100 restaurants

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 21, 2025April 21, 2025
Frances Kunkel gazes upon her works during a lesson on making pickles at Or Shalom Jewish Community in San Francisco, March 24, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Why are pickles such a big hit with S.F. religious school kids?

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 16, 2025June 3, 2025
Three men, one very young and two very old, light candles in front of a packed auditorium
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Bay Area events for Yom HaShoah and Israel Memorial Day

by J. Staff April 14, 2025April 21, 2025
Spanikomatzah – or a matzah spanikopita. (Micah Siva)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Matzah Madness recipe contest winner: ‘Spanikomatzah’ — an unleavened take on a Greek classic

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 4, 2025April 21, 2025
Helene Radano’s No-Bake Matzah Napoleon (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inRecipe

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

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer April 4, 2025April 21, 2025

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