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latkes, round challah, brisket and sides seen from above
Posted inFood

UPDATED: Where to buy round challah, honey cake and more for Rosh Hashanah 

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb September 19, 2024September 8, 2025
People mingle on Sept. 6 before Congregation Anshey Sfard’s monthly Shabbat dinner for young adults in San Francisco. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Sephardic Shabbat dinners are drawing a young crowd to S.F. synagogue

by Alix Wall September 18, 2024September 19, 2024
Aunty Ethel's Jammy Apple Cake (Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

By popular demand, here’s the recipe for Aunty Ethel’s Jammy Apple Cake

Micah Siva by Micah Siva September 17, 2024September 18, 2024
Faith Kramer's date-forward Rosh Hashanah recipes.
Posted inUncategorized

Braised beef and other recipes with dates to ensure a new year of prosperity and abundance

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer September 12, 2024September 17, 2024
Barb Shenson's Sephardic apple tart for Rosh Hashanah (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Check out this local caterer’s Sephardic dishes for Rosh Hashanah

by Alix Wall September 11, 2024September 17, 2024
A Trader's Joe sign and a box of their Israeli feta superimposed over a background of crumbled feta cheese
Posted inFood

Salty talk about Trader Joe’s: Where did the Israeli feta go?

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 30, 2024September 5, 2024
a smiling bearded man takes a selfie with an older woman in pink-tinted sunglasses
Posted inFirst Person

I can’t get anything I want at Alice’s restaurant — and I can live with that

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz by Rabbi Zac Kamenetz August 29, 2024August 29, 2024
Carmel Greenberg is the head winemaker at Clos Du Val in Napa Valley. 
Posted inSmall Bites

Sacramento Jewish Food Faire returns; Award for Israeli winemaker; Food Instagrammer Carolina Gelen comes to S.F.

by Alix Wall August 27, 2024September 17, 2024
Two women sit together in a sunny dining hall
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Food for thought: Jewish seniors join UCSF brain project tapping into food memories

by Alix Wall August 21, 2024August 22, 2024
Participants at Camp Nai Nai Nai West share a light moment together at Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, May 2022. (Photo/JTA-Yoav Magid)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

First ‘Jewish Food and Wine Retreat’ comes to Camp Newman in Sonoma County

by Alix Wall August 16, 2024August 21, 2024

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