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How to Choose a Shabbat Menu

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Shabbat is the religious celebration that occurs in traditional Jewish households on Friday evening, the day before the Sabbath is observed. The menu at these events is important if you want to observe a traditional Shabbat. The term kosher is ... more »

How to Eat Authentic Jewish Cuisine

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Authentic Jewish cuisine draws from many traditions. Jewish recipes follow kosher laws, which forbid pork and shellfish and mixing meat and dairy. Kosher meat must undergo special preparation to remove all of the blood from the animal. Some ... more »

How to Make Passover Raspberry Cake

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Passover deserts used to be dull and boring. Not so anymore. This delicious raspberry cake will delight any of your family or guests that you serve during Passover. Even better, it's easy to make. Enjoy!.. more »

How to Make a New York Egg Cream

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Whatever happened to the egg cream? That foamy, chocolaty, refreshing glass of heaven you could find at candy stores and luncheonettes on just about any street corner in the Big Apple. They went the way of the soda fountains, but not to worry. No ... more »

How to Make Healthy, Low-Fat Zucchini Potato Latkes

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Latkes are a traditional part of the Hanukkah Celebration. Many families also enjoy them year-round. Here is a low-fat twist on the traditional latke recipe that your family is sure to love... more »

How to Make Matzo Ball Soup

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Matzo, also called matza, matzah or matzoh, is a flat, hard cracker-like bread that is prevented from rising. It is substituted for bread during Passover when eating leavened products is forbidden to Orthodox Jews. Matzo balls are a traditional ... more »

How to Make Middle Eastern Tabouli

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Tabouli is a middle-eastern salad dish, thought to have its origins in Lebanon. It’s a wonderful healthy dish. It’s often served with lamb or falafel and hummus. It’s also a great salad to add to any rolled sandwich, whether on regular bread, ... more »

How to Make Passover Eclairs

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Everyone loves Passover meals, but finding the right desert can be challenging. Here is a great recipe for wonderful eclairs that will be a hit at your Passover meals... more »

How to Purchase Kosher Food

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Keeping kosher means far more than swearing off bacon. The Jewish dietary laws, called kashruth, require that food be grown, harvested and cooked in adherence with the kosher way. For instance, strict butchering laws demand that the animal be ... more »

How to Buy Matzo

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Matzo is tasty at anytime, but for Jewish people Matzo is an essential food on the Passover holiday. Matzo is eaten at Passover to commemorate the Jews fleeing Egypt. Matzo is unleavened bread. Unleavened bread is bread made without yeast or ... more »

How to Make Bagels

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Bagels are a traditional Jewish baked good that are very popular around the world. Bagels are eaten for breakfast with cream cheese or even with deli meats for a lunchtime sandwich. Making bagels at home is a time-intensive process, but it can be ... more »

How to Make Challah

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Challah is a Jewish egg bread that is traditionally eaten on the Sabbath and High Holidays. It's also wonderful for French toast and sandwiches - not to mention bread pudding. Makes two loaves... more »

How to Make Hamantashen Cookies (for Purim)

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Purim is one of the most festive of all Jewish holidays. Since Haman was evil, it’s traditional to eat cookies that are shaped like Haman’s hat. Thus the name, hamantashen cookies. Here's a great recipe that your family is sure to love. Now you ... more »

How to Make Jewish Noodle Pudding

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Lokshen kugel, or Jewish Noodle Pudding, is a traditional food of the Sabbath and other Jewish holidays. It's easy to make and a variety of different ingredients can be used to create a pudding that best suits your meal. One of the most common ... more »

How to Make Noodle Kugel

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Slightly sweet and indulgently rich, this noodle kugel is really meant as a side dish for brisket, or another hearty dinner entree. However, leftovers are good as breakfast the next morning, and your non-traditional guests wouldn't blink an eye ... more »

How to Make Passover Carrot Kugel

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This delicious kugel is a vegetable dish so it can be served with any main entree. Your family will love it’s wonderful taste and they won’t even know it’s healthy for them, or a Passover specialty... more »

How to Make Potato Latkes

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Latkes, or potato pancakes, are the traditional Hanukkah dish for Eastern European Jews. But the Hanukkah isn't in the potato; it's in the oil the latkes are fried in. When the Jerusalem Temple was recaptured and reconsecrated by the Maccabbees, ... more »

How to Make an Oven Kosher

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It is customary for Jewish people to keep kosher homes. In the kitchen, this means cooking milk and meat separately and only cooking kosher food. An oven used by somebody else before you may or may not have been a kosher oven. In order to make an ... more »

How to Make Gefilte Fish

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Gefilte fish, along with the matzoh ball, is the most well-known traditional Jewish dish. The famous fish was invented out of the necessity to eat fish on Shabbos (which brings a special blessing) but without having to separate the meat from the ... more »

How to Make Matzoh Ball Soup

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Simple to make and satisfying to eat, matzoh ball soup is a favorite at Jewish celebrations. This recipe yields 16 matzoh balls and 5 to 6 quarts of chicken soup. Serves 8 to 10... more »

How to Make Matzoh Brei

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This breakfast treat - really matzoh French toast - is for the Jewish holiday of Passover, which prohibits the eating of leavened bread. It's so tasty and easy, though, you might want to hoard some extra matzoh to have it all the time. Serves one ... more »

How to Make Passover Applesauce Noodle Kugel

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If you’re looking for an easy and delicious side dish to have during Passover, this one can’t be beat. Since there are only a few steps and the ingredient list is simple, this is a great recipe to use when you’re teaching your children to bake... more »

How to Cook Kosher

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There are several Jewish dietary laws that you must follow for a food to be deemed "kosher." These steps will tell you what you need to do to abide by the kosher laws... more »

How to Make Matzo Meal

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Matzo meal is made from finely ground matzo and is an ingredient in a wide range of kosher foods. You can buy prepared matzo meal from the kosher section of your grocery store, but making it is both easy and economical... more »

How to Make Passover Sweet Potato Pie

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Everyone loves sweet potato pie. Making it for Passover is a cinch. Your family won’t be able to tell that this is a Passover specialty... more »

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