Liza Schoenfein is a former food editor of the Forward and author of the blog Life, Death & Dinner. Follow her on Instagram @LifeDeathDinner
Liza Schoenfein
By Liza Schoenfein
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Culture 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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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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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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Food 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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Culture Would you wait in line for 2 hours for a falafel? They certainly would.
For those in search of one of the greatest dining experiences in Paris, look no further than the Jewish quarter
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Culture How the sesame seed became the most Jewish of all ingredients
Plus, a recipe for the best Chinese sesame noodles you've ever tasted (no peanut butter required)
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Culture At this deli, the food is as fake as the orgasms — and 7 other lessons from an exhibit about Jewish culinary culture
'I'll Have What She's Having' offers dollops of the foreign and the familiar at the New-York Historical Society
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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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