My not-so-healthy Jewish food resolution for 2020 sounds simple: Eat more blintzes. But as with the best blintzes, it’s somewhat complex.
My grandmother, Mama Pearl, was 99 when she passed …
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By Melissa Klurman, The Nosher
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1/29/20
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It is winter and my doctor just told me to concentrate my fruit eating on blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries for the best nutritional value with the fewest calories …
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By Joni Schockett
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1/22/20
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The 2010s saw chickpeas rise to fame. The king of chickpea dishes, hummus, turned from a hippy health food to a fridge staple. This was great in terms of accessibility, but not so great for …
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By Rachel Myerson, Nosher
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1/9/20
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It is definitely winter. I can tell. My hands are always cold and my lips are always chapped. Winter is the time for hunkering down and eating hearty foods, like wintery thick soups, stews …
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By Joni Schockett
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1/9/20
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Back in the day, by which I mean the 1950s, before all of us started counting cholesterol and Ashkenazi Jews still feasted regularly on hot dogs and pastrami, my family was devoted to Isaac Gellis …
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By Ronnie Fein, The Nosher
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11/20/19
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It’s not every day you’re actually encouraged to indulge in a deep-fried afternoon snack, so I feel obliged not to pass up that opportunity when Chanukah comes along.
Chanukah: Host as …
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By Emanuelle Lee, The Nosher
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12/24/19
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Once upon a time, almonds, those delicious, sweet nuts that hold a very prominent place in our cuisine, were poisonous and inedible. They contained a chemical called amygdalin which allowed the …
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By Joni Schockett
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12/24/19
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Chanukah is a holiday that takes over everything. The pantry overflows with bottles of oil and baking ingredients at the ready, kids decorate the house with dreidels and chocolate gelt coins, the …
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By Ethel G. Hofman, JNS
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12/17/19
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Chanukah is coming! I am excited. Like a kid, I get excited over this holiday because, as a kid, it meant that I would see my paternal grandparents for almost a whole day and that all my cousins …
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By Joni Schockett
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12/17/19
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Why use several different pots and pans when you can fit a full meal into one?
Bachsh is a traditional Bukharian rice and meat dish loaded with aromatic onions and fresh herbs …
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By Leanne Shor, The Nosher
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12/11/19
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