Once upon a time not too long ago, Providence was a bagel desert. The options were sparse and dry, and, well, kind of pathetic: frozen hockey pucks of bagels in the supermarket’s frozen …
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CYNTHIA BENJAMIN
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6/6/19
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Award-winning writer, TV host and barbecue guru Steven Raichlen focuses on a meat beloved by Jews in his newest cookbook, “The Brisket Chronicles” (Workman Publishing, $30).
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CYNTHIA BENJAMIN
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6/6/19
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — The first microbreweries were used to brew beer some 5,000 years ago, and now scientists are brewing their own.
Israeli scientists have isolated yeast from ancient pottery …
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Marcy Oster
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5/22/19
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This story originally appeared on The Nosher.
It is rare that I do anything these days without a podcast for company: cooking, walking the dog and, yes, falling asleep. They are, I suppose, the …
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Rachel Myerson
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5/16/19
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(JTA) — In 1983, the Italian-Israeli professor Sandra Debenedetti Stow stunned the scholarly world with an explosive article that proposed that Jews introduced pizza to the European diet. …
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Henry Abramson
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5/10/19
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This skillet banana bread might be gluten-free, refined sugar-free and dairy-free, but I can promise you won’t be missing anything with its light and fluffy texture and the rich sesame flavor. …
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BY RACHEL SIMONS
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5/6/19
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Passover has always been my favorite holiday. Each year, my grandmother was proud to host two well-attended seders – there were never fewer than 18 people at our tables each night. I loved …
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MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE
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4/4/19
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This article originally appeared on The Nosher.
I love playing with color, texture and shape with my challah. Looking to create a red challah? Add beetroot powder. Green? Try using green tea …
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Cheryl Holbert
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3/28/19
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LINCOLN – Purim is a deliciously sweet Jewish holiday, but its trademark cookie is a monster – and not only because it’s named for Haman, the unspeakable villain in the Purim story.
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CYNTHIA BENJAMIN
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3/12/19
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Pink pickled turnips are a fixture of Middle Eastern cuisine, and it’s hard to find a restaurant shawarma plate without them. Their rose-like magenta color makes you forget that these …
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SONYA SANFORD
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2/28/19
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