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The late Pola Silver was always in the kitchen — often whipping up her famous borscht. (Photo of Pola/Courtesy; Photo of borscht/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

This Yom HaShoah, I’m remembering a Holocaust survivor through her beloved borscht recipe

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer April 30, 2024May 23, 2024
sushi
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Palo Alto gets two very different new kosher restaurants

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 26, 2024April 28, 2024
Micah Siva's matzah borekas (Photo/Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

Matzah replaces puff pastry in these butternut squash borekas for Passover

Micah Siva by Micah Siva April 19, 2024May 23, 2024
Yakov Yarmove, director of ethnic foods at Albertsons Market,
spearheaded the expansion of kosher offerings at Andronico’s in San Francisco's Inner Sunset location (seen here) and a Safeway in San Jose. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

‘We’re so happy’: Kosher options expand at major grocery stores in S.F. and San Jose

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 15, 2024May 23, 2024
Joan Nathan at a National Yiddish Book Center event in Amherst, Massachusetts, in 2011. (Photo/JTA-Dina Rudick-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inJewish Life

Joan Nathan, pioneering Jewish food maven, dishes all in her new autobiography

by Rachel Ringler April 15, 2024April 15, 2024
Brisket, matzah ball soup, gefilte fish and more is available at Mollie Stone's. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inJewish Life

Your guide to Passover food in the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 11, 2024May 23, 2024
The seder plate at the Deadhead Seder at Terrapin Crossroads in 2018. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inReligion

‘Let My People Pho!,’ and other nontraditional seders across the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 10, 2024April 10, 2024
J. recipe columnist Micah Siva with her new book, "Nosh." (Photo/Courtesy Siva via Instagram)
Posted inRecipe

Brisket without meat and gefilte without fish in Micah Siva’s plant-focused ‘Nosh’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 9, 2024May 23, 2024
Herbed horseradish salad (Photo/Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

A Passover nosh: herbed horseradish salad and caramelized onion kugel

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer April 2, 2024May 23, 2024
Three loaves from Irving's Premium Challah. (Photo/irvprem.com)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Challin’ it quits: Irving Greisman retires after 20 years of baking

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 29, 2024May 23, 2024

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