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Everything you need to know about cheese for Shavuot (including how to make a killer cheesecake)
Why on this day of all other days are we encouraged to eat feta, cream cheese and various dairy desserts?
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Culture In the history of the artichoke, a history of Sephardic Jews
The glorious vegetable made its way from the Iberian Peninsula during the Inquisition to Sicily and then to the Jewish Ghetto of Rome
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Passover popovers will help you make it through the holiday
If you can’t deal with any more matzo, there is an alternative
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Remembering Mimi Sheraton: 5 great Jewish recipes
The renowned Jewish food critic, author and Forward contributor has died at age 97
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Do I dare grill a gefilte fish?
Kebab-style ground fish can improve your Passover menu
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Recipes 10 Passover recipes guaranteed to spice up your Seder table
Still planning your Seder? Here are our some of our favorite Passover recipes
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Culture The crucial Jewish ingredient that you probably don’t think of as a Jewish ingredient
Want to make shakshuka, matzo brei or avgolemono? You're going to need some eggs
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Food writer Alison Roman makes a comeback — and a brisket for Passover
Ahead of the publication of her newest cookbook, 'Sweet Enough,' the famous foodie dishes on what she loves most about the holiday.
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FOOD To avert extinction, the gefilte fish I loved had to evolve
Cooking gefilte fish stinks up the house and many people won't eat it. Here's how I keep it on my Passover menu
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Culture Sturdy, versatile, affordable, Jewish and universal, cabbage — yes, cabbage — is having a moment
Plus, a caramelized cabbage tart recipe demonstrates why this prolific plant stands at the head of its class
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Could this be the most underrated ingredient in all of Jewish cooking?
An ode to the sweet, compact and versatile raisin — plus a scrumptious recipe for tagliatelle with chicken, raisins and pignoli
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What did our great-grandparents eat for breakfast?
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Most Eastern European Jewish foods we know about are related to holidays or special occasions. But what kind of foods did Jews in the shtetl eat on a regular Wednesday?
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