All You ‘Knead’ To Know About Challah Dough
For me, there's nothing like making challahs for Shabbos. But I can't say it's always been the height of my week. There was a time when baking fluffy, light-as-a-feather challahs was a total mystery to me.
The Patchke Princess: Sarah Lasry
If you are spending the time in the kitchen, make it worth the effort. Make it taste good. Make it look nice.
If You Don’t Have Margarine This Pesach, Use…
Mayonnaise.
That's right, you read it correctly. And I'm sure it's not the first time you've read it, either. And the thought of it has...
Sweet ‘N Salty No-Bake Cheesecake Squares for Sukkot
An easy recipe for Sukkot.
Pesach Memories: Ginger-Carrot Candy
Of all the Pesach foods we had, the one I recall most fondly is my mother’s ginger-carrot candy.
How to Cook Your Kosher Hot Dogs for the 4th of July
What is the best way to grill your Abeles & Heymann hot dogs to perfection?
Cauliflower & Garbanzo Beans GF Buns for Harry
Making the perfect tasting, perfect texture gluten free bread is always a challenge...
Cooking With Tantrums: Esty Wolbe
It was kind of a joke, recalled Esty. We never really expected it to turn into anything. If we had a family barbeque we would post pictures and I would share recipes when I ate something really good, but that was pretty much about it.
Adventures In Sourdough
In theory, it all made sense. But would it really work in practice?
Succulent Meat
When working with garlic, a great shortcut I discovered in my local supermarket is fresh, peeled, whole cloves. It’s beyond worth spending the extra buck.
Hamantasch Wars
While purists insist on traditional fillings, others are reinventing and loading them up with goodies ranging from s’mores to baklava to pulled brisket and even spinach and cheese.
Cookbooks, Cookbooks, Everywhere!!
What really makes me smile this time of year is that it usually means a bumper crop of new kosher cookbooks...
Busy in Brooklyn: Chani Apfelbaum
“I work around the Jewish calendar, always trying to think of creative spins,” noted Chani.
Recipes Of Yesterday And Today
Whether it’s hearty soups oozing with seasonal flavors or the scent of chocolate chip cookies wafting through your home, December was made for the kitchen – and thus the perfect season to check out some intriguing new cookbooks.
No Meat? No Problem!
Tnuva Offers Mealtime Solutions
Gluten Free and Cheeseless Cheese Soufflé Recipe for Tammy
Tammy came to us on a special therapeutic diet that recommends eliminating gluten and dairy. In this case the challenge was mostly on me to create dishes that are tasty, healthy and meet the doctor’s orders.
Tzimmes Chicken
Come Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot, there are extra guests for dinner; I am always looking for a tasty family meal that everyone will enjoy.
Purim Hamentaschen Never Tasted This Good
“Outside the box” Hamantaschen recipes that will transform your Purim treat from ho-hum to yum, Tnuva’s culinary experts and renowned culinary artist Jamie Geller have come up with some lip-smacking dairy offerings that will elicit a “wow” from both friends and family.
One Ingredient. Three Dishes. Wonton Wrappers!
The perfect appetizers require minimal effort by the hostess and taste so good your guests will think you spent the whole day in the kitchen cooking. These recipes do exactly that. They are super tasty, sorta fancy and seriously easy! I used wonton wrappers to create wonton cups, and then filled them up with some of my favorite ingredients, such as Creamy Mac & Cheese, Zesty Taco Fillings, Savory Pizza Toppings and Sweet Whipped Cream with Fresh Fruit!
Tnuva Presents Exciting New Recipes for Shavuos
The booklet includes original, exciting recipes that are perfectly suited for Yom Tov, including appetizers, main courses, and desserts.
Who’s Ready To Start Cooking?
This time of year, we all have our traditional favorites, the ones that everyone at your table looks forward to seeing, but it’s always nice to round things out with some creative, new ideas.
How to Make Gravlax at Home
Making gravlax sounds scarier than it is. Although it is often considered a luxury food, gravlax is relatively simple to create at home, and adds an elegant touch of color and taste to any formal gathering.
Pastrami Flatbread Pizzas
I’m all for repurposing leftovers and re-using what’s left in my fridge. In this case, I used leftover deli from Shabbos and boom – a pastrami pizza was born.
Healthy Falafel for Alan
"Help me lose the excess weight but please don’t make me give up my junk food!"
Lentil Carrot Burgers for Tamara
Tamara decided to become a vegetarian, but she gained weight from all the rice and pastas. Here's a healthy and more balanced alternative.
Tales of An Overtime Cook: Miriam Pascal
Welcome to Food Talk, a new feature that will highlight food bloggers, those enterprising souls who always seem to come up with something new, creative and most importantly, delicious. If you are anything like me, many of the recipes you make are the ones that magically show up in your inbox one morning and if you get lucky, these new dishes fast become family favorites.
Kosher Scoop: Estee Kafra
While there are those who prefer holding a printed recipe in their hands, Estee has found that a cooking website has many advantages. Aside from the obvious cost factor and the ability to fix the rare mistakes, websites have a far greater ability to offer feedback.
Do The Dough!
Yeast dough is considered one of the most basic but complicated of the dough family. Just think of the first cakes you made – I'm almost sure they weren't yeast cakes.
But mine were!
Be A Kitchen Star
Not every main dish has to be time consuming, because, let’s face it, we don’t just cook for Shabbos and Yom Tov; we have to eat during the week also.