New cookbooks from Mexico offer treasured family recipes with modern techniques.
Hanukka Gift Guide 2013
Hanukka celebrations include family and tradition, good food and get-togethers and, of course, dreidel showdowns and the lighting of the menora. And yet it has
The No-Potato Latke Hanukka
The 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
Sticky Toffee Apple Pudding for Rosh Hashanah
Though I already reviewed Jewish Traditional Cooking: Over 150 Nostalgic & Contemporary Recipes for the magazine just last month, there was a standout dessert that I did
Cut & Post: Real Honey for Rosh Hashana
Real Honey for Rosh Hashana? Chances are the honey you purchased to dip apples into on Rosh Hashana is not truly honey. According to Food
Serach at the Seder: A Haggadah Supplement
Serach at the Seder: A Haggadah Supplement by Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum. (www.jewishspirit.com, 11 pp. $18) Have you heard of Serach bat Asher? Her name is mentioned
Passover Gift Guide 2013: In Bloom
Falling in the spring, Passover is the perfect time to appreciate all things outdoors. And it is hardly surprising that gifts for hosts, for kids or
Holiday Memories: A Grandmother’s Tale
I am standing at my white kitchen counter feeding sticky ingredients into a food mixer: clumps of dates, walnut pieces from a cellophane packet, slices
Charming Holiday Books for Young Readers
First Readers Lotsa Matzah by Tilda Balsey. Illustrated by Akemi Gutierrez. (Kar-Ben, 12 pp. $5.95) This simple rhyming board book sweetly tells how we left Egypt