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Recipes | Kosher Recipes

Israeli (Pearl) Couscous with Roasted Vegetables

I’ve been eating this at a friend’s house for years, and now I think you should all try it too. This is not my recipe, nor theirs. It comes from a cookbook but I have no clue which one.

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

How to Make Kosher (Non-Dairy) Hungarian Chicken Paprikash

Chicken Paprikash is a Hungarian comfort food, adapted by prewar Hungarian Jews to fit with the kosher laws, and passed down through the generations with love.

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

Honey-Mustard Glazed Salmon with Pomegranate Salsa

This recipe is perfect for Rosh Hashanah. Pomegranates symbolize our wish to have a year filled with mitzvot and good deeds, just as a pomegranate is filled with luscious seeds.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Vandals’ Prank at UC Berkeley Spurs Kosher Awareness Event

Rohr Chabad Center seizes the opportunity to educate community about kosher

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

Spiced Roasted Carrots for Rosh Hashanah - Kosher Recipes

On Rosh Hashanah, it is customary to eat foods whose names in the vernacular allude to blessing and prosperity. For example, the Yiddish word for carrot, meren, also means “increase,” symbolizing our wish for a year of abundance.

Miscellaneous | Judaism

What Is Kosher? - Chabad

What do you know about kosher? What makes some foods kosher, and what does kosher mean? Get the answers here!

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

This Sheet Pan Teriyaki Chicken Is a Shabbat Staple for Seattle Jews

Growing up in Seattle, our Friday night menu was nearly the same every week: chicken soup, roast chicken slathered in ...

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

Tunisia's Iconic Tuna Sandwich Has an Incredible Jewish Story

A fricassée Tunisian is an amped-up tuna sandwich served on a fried roll that you can get your hands on ...

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

Kosher Recipe: Garlic-Bread Challah

A marriage between garlic bread and challah...it's about time this happened!

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

Why Are There So Many Kosher Chinese Restaurants?

Here’s what we know: Jews eat Chinese food. North American Jews did so in the early 20th century, when Ashkenazi ...

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

7 Egg-Free Desserts for Passover

Every year in the weeks leading up to Passover, I start to feel a little flutter in my stomach. It ...

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

Hearty Tortellini Soup with Spinach and Butternut Squash

1 onion, finely diced
1 leek, washed and sliced
2 celery stalks, finely chopped
2 carrots, cut into half or quarter rounds
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp kosher salt

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

How to Make Cheese Blintzes

Golden crepes stuffed a creamy sweet cheese filling

Miscellaneous | Diaspora

Belgium Jews to fight kosher slaughter ban

  European Jews are preparing for a final battle to prevent a ban on Jewish slaughter in Brussels, a move

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

How to Make Sabich Pita Sandwiches at Home

Sabich is falafel’s younger, less well known cousin—a popular pita sandwich in Israel, brought there by Iraqi immigrants. The warm pita is stuffed with slices of hard boiled egg, soft fried eggplant, Israeli salad, pickles, hummus, tahini, and amba—a savory pickled mango sauce. It might sound like too much going on in one sandwich, but somehow it all works.

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

Black Bean, Corn, Chicken Soup - Soup - Kosher Recipe

This soup is so hearty and great if you are having a crowd on a cold day. I put regular dried black beans in and they were fully cooked within 2 hours.

Miscellaneous | Judaism

Why Aren’t Shellfish Kosher?

Shellfish do not have kosher signs. But what if they did?

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

Sheet-Pan Gnocchi with Summer Vegetables

Did you know that gnocchi doesn’t need to be boiled? I did not, until recently. The texture is different—a little more chewy and the outside gets nice a crispy—but equally delicious. The vegetables provide so much flavor, and the burst tomatoes coat the gnocchi creating a light sauce. A shaving of parmesan over the top just brings the whole thing home.

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

Classic Cheesecake with Fresh Fruit for Shavuot

s that time of year again, when cheesecakes galore are popping up all over the place. To be honest, I am not cheesecake’s biggest fan, but this recipe is one even I enjoy. The actual cheesecake is lighter, with a slight lemony undertone, and the fresh fruit helps temper the richness

Miscellaneous | Kashrut

Are Bottom Feeders Kosher Fish?

There is a commonly held belief that where a fish lives determines whether it is kosher. Is this the case?

Miscellaneous | Judaism

14 Kosher Myths and Facts

Are you ready to challenge some of the things you’ve always thought to be true about the Jewish dietary laws? Let’s begin!

News | JEWISH COMMUNITY

‘You Are Not Welcome Here’: European Union Court Ruling Against Kosher Meat Production Threatens Foundations of Jewish Life

The European Court of Justice, in Luxembourg. Photo: Wikimedia Commons via Cédric Puisney from Brussels, Belgium. The basic rights of …

Recipes | Dinners

Traditional Apple-Walnut Charoset recipe | Epicurious.com

This is a standard Ashkenazi (Eastern European) recipe, with a little brown sugar added for depth.

Recipes | Dinners

Beef Brisket Recipe | Tyler Florence | Food Network

For dinner tonight, serve Tyler Florence's Beef Brisket recipe from Food Network with crispy potato latkes.

Recipes | Kosher Recipes

My Favorite Kosher Gluten-Free Challah Bread

Gluten-free baking can be an exercise in frustration, but this bread recipe has never let me down. For me, the success is in the texture. As you can see, it has plenty of aeration which lends it some of the fluffiness of real bread.

Recipes | Recipes

Kosher Vegan Black-Rice Stuffed Mushrooms!

If you haven't tried black rice before, don't be scared. It's good stuff. More similar in taste and texture to wild rice than to either brown or white rice. You can also try it in this warm fall salad I made a couple of years ago, which is still a favorite.

Recipes | Dinners

Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs Recipe

These Red Wine-Braised Short Ribs are even better when they're allowed to sit overnight.

Recipes | Recipes

Crunchy & Vibrant Summer Rolls with Almond-Miso Sauce - Vegetarian - Kosher Recipe

I first attempted summer rolls (or rice paper rolls) like these a few years ago, and I simply could not master them.

Recipes | Recipes

Kosher Cooking: Creamy Olive Pasta

Every time I open a can of olives for a specific purpose, I'm left with what seems like hundreds of them to use up, which is how I discovered this recipe.

Science & Technology | Israeli Innovation

Israeli test-tube steak smells real, feels real… and may even be kosher

Startup Aleph Farms Ltd. reproduces cells, creating first lab-made steak; it will take a few years until it makes its way to our plates

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Starbucks' flavored drinks lose Kosher certification - CBS News

A top Kosher certification company has dropped Starbucks drinks with syrups, sauces, toppings and powders

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

Why Are Imitation Crab, Pork and Cheeseburgers Kosher?

Even if the Torah forbids a food, one is still permitted to eat kosher food artificially flavored to taste like it. However, if it closely resembles the non-kosher food, it may be necessary to mark it as an imitation.