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What not to eat on Rosh Hashanah
Feature story, Rosh Hashanah

6 Foods to Avoid Eating on Rosh Hashanah

Some Jewish culinary traditions are easy to understand. Take, for example, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Almost every Jewish […]

Beauty queen of Jerusalem
Feature story, food in Israel, Sephardi

Eating Your Way Through The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem

“Of all our family I was closest to Nona Rosa. While Nono Gabriel was alive his and Nona’s house was […]

cocido la bola
Feature story, Overnight dishes, Sephardi

Madrid’s Signature Pork Stew Has an Incredible Jewish Backstory

La Bola is a classic Madrid tavern. Located on a quiet backstreet, it is painted lacquer red on the outside, […]

Ashkenazi, Feature story, Iraqi, Yemeni, Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur food: What to eat before and after the fast

“It once happened in Rome on the eve of the great fast [Yom Kippur]… …that a certain tailor went to […]

Good Morning Washington TV show with Vered Guttman
Feature story, food in Israel, Israeli

Celebrating Israel’s 75 with food

In a celebration of Israel’s 75th anniversary, ABC’s Good Morning Washington ran a special spotlight on Israel. I was fortunate […]

Ashkenazi, Feature story, Overnight dishes, Shabbat

The crock-pot and the Shabbat stew

Slow cookers are back. Not the clunky ones your mother used to have, but shiny, multifunction contraptions that are now […]

Ethiopian, Feature story, Pastries & Breads, Shabbat

The biblical roots of Ethiopian sweet bread

The Ethiopian-Jewish community marks Sigd, a holiday of self-examination with prayers and fasting, broken with a ceremonial challah-style bread called dabo.

Honey for Rosh Hashanah
Feature story, Rosh Hashanah

Honey for Rosh Hashanah? Time to Think Again

It’s hard to find many things all Jews can agree on. In fact, it’s probably impossible. But there is one […]