From the Archives Decades ago, our Passover recipes boldly name-dropped brands By Maya Mirsky Apr 4, 2023 What to cook for Passover? Apparently it’s an eternal question — at least in our pages. In 1944, we ran the following: “Passover comes along and the housewife begins to worry about her recipes. They…
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…
Recipe Moroccan fish and pomegranate eggplant will perk up your Shabbat 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…
Organic Epicure This East Bay chef may be retired, but she’s still in the kitchen By Alix Wall Apr 13, 2023 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Being a chef is hard on the body. Just ask any chef. But how to stay engaged and fulfilled in retirement? One could…
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…
Recipe Three tasty — and scholarly — Sephardi Jewish recipes By Faith Kramer Jul 28, 2021 “To eat is to remember.” That phrase from Hélène Jawhara Piñer’s “Sephardi: Cooking the History” sums up the theme of this new book about the culinary heritage of Iberian Jews (before and after the…
Food New cookbook showcases Auschwitz survivors’ recipes — and resilience By Rachel Ringler, JTA Sep 1, 2022 Eugene Ginter was 12 days shy of his sixth birthday when he was liberated from Auschwitz in January 1945. Emaciated and alone, Ginter landed first in a hospital and then in an orphanage in Krakow,…
Recipe Oh my gourd: 2 punchy pumpkin recipes for fall By Faith Kramer Nov 7, 2019 You might not realize it, but pumpkins are featured in many Jewish culinary traditions. What you do know is that, here in America, pumpkins and pumpkin-pie spice are almost official fall flavors.…
From the J. Archive With pear salad and ‘La Bamba,’ it’s time for a Bay Area Purim By Maya Mirsky Mar 2, 2023 Something was afoot at the San Francisco branch of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association in early 1904. “Unusual bustle is the order of the day at the Y.M.H.A. club house,” we wrote. “Preparing for the…
Recipe These keto dairy-free blintzes are delicious year-round By Micah Siva Feb 7, 2023 Ah, the blintz — the dairy or fruit-filled staple of Ashkenazi cooking brought to America during the wave of immigration from Eastern Europe. For many people it’s a favorite, conjuring up home…
Recipe This tangy tart uses dairy and honey for Shavuot By Micah Siva May 18, 2023 Shavuot, which arrives about seven weeks after the start of Passover, is known as a time for eating milk and honey. Despite that tradition, the holiday celebrates both the wheat harvest in the Land…
Recipe 2 of my favorites from the Dept. of Leftover Recipes By Faith Kramer Feb 21, 2020 Here are two recipes I love but haven’t been able to share until now due to space considerations. The first recipe is bursting with Middle Eastern flavors and is perfect for family Shabbat meals.…
Recipe Enrich your holiday or Shabbat 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…
Organic Epicure South Bay blogger’s new cookbook is full of Rosh Hashanah recipes By Alix Wall Aug 30, 2021 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Some day in the (hopefully) not too distant future, when talk turns to how productive or unproductive we were during…
Recipe Recipes for Av: Tofu skewers for mourning, smoky beef kebabs for love By Faith Kramer Jul 14, 2020 We observe two Jewish holidays in the month of Av, which begins on July 22 this year on the Gregorian calendar. The Three Weeks, which is a period of mourning ending with Tisha B’Av, a day of fasting…
Organic Epicure Delicious! love affair comes to a natural end By Alix Wall Dec 20, 2022 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. After 47 years of catering for the Bay Area’s Jewish community, Delicious! Catering catered its final event last…
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…
Food Star chef Alon Shaya helps a Holocaust survivor recreate recipes from his youth By Margaret Littman, JTA Mar 3, 2021 Visiting Yad Vashem a decade ago, Alon Shaya got to see some of the Jerusalem Holocaust museum’s culinary artifacts that aren’t always on display to the public. It was the James Beard Award-winning…
Recipe We’re basically getting another Thanksgivukkah this year — here are 15 recipes for it By Shannon Sarna, JTA Nov 22, 2021 This article originally appeared on The Nosher. Way back in 2013, American Jews got the ultimate holiday gift: the convergence of Thanksgiving and Hanukkah. Sweet potato kugel, cranberry filled…
Organic Epicure Farewell to two local falafel joints: Holy Land and Flying Falafel By Alix Wall Mar 13, 2023 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. While we do our best to keep our readers informed about the Bay Area’s Jewish food scene, “we” are only one person,…
Food Holiday Recipes By J. Correspondent Sep 18, 2003 Salad of Marinated Beets with Horseradish and Carrot-Orange Vinaigrette Served with Hagafen 2002 Sauvignon Blanc Serves 8 For salad: 3 lbs. assorted beets rock salt 1 red onion, julienned in 1/8…
Recipe From the archives: These recipes from the early 1900s are just as tasty today By Faith Kramer Mar 21, 2022 Ever wonder what the earliest recipe columns in this newspaper were like? Now that J. and its predecessor publications’ archives have been digitized, I was able to explore what local Jews were…
Obituaries Death announcements for the week of May 12, 2023 By J. Staff May 12, 2023 Obituaries are supported by a generous grant from Sinai Memorial Chapel. Jeffrey Bourne July 17, 1946–March 17, 2023 Jeffrey Bourne died peacefully on March 17, 2023 at age 76 after battling gastric…
Organic Epicure Kosher bakery is a taste of Israel in the Bay By Alix Wall Feb 27, 2023 Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Foodie that she is, Fran Lent had a vision for the brand new Lent Chabad Center: It would need an eatery, a place…