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Life at the Head of the TableLeading a Seder is not for the faint of heart. You have to know your audience. It requires fortitude and commitment, which can be difficultBooks for the Holiday: Upping the Passover QuotientWhen we look at the season’s latest Haggadot—for there will always be new, exciting, original, modern versions—we have to ask: What makes them truly differentHoliday HamantaschenThe ubiquity of the tri-cornered Purim cookie hits you in the face when thumbing through a stack of kosher cookbooks (which I do on a
Commentary: Becoming EstherThe story of Purim—with its fairy-tale rendering of a rebellious queen and the beautiful Jewish woman who takes her place, of a king who isHappy Hanukka from The Holiday Kosher Baker!Paula Shoyer is a serious baker. So many cookbooks—lovely, inspiring, must-own collections—are authored by self-taught home chefs who have turned cooking into a passion. But
Hanukka Gift Guide 2013Hanukka celebrations include family and tradition, good food and get-togethers and, of course, dreidel showdowns and the lighting of the menora. And yet it hasThe No-Potato Latke HanukkaThe way I see it, holidays are either an opportunity to whip up old-school classics that have become mainstays of traditional observance—in the case of
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