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Did you know January is National Soup Month? Yep, that's right... an entire month to celebrate one of our favorite comfort foods! Soup, chowder, stew -- they're all acceptable forms of soups to...
Passover comes to the Jewish Household once a year, but most of the traditional foods relating to the holiday are bought and eaten during the year. Food costs are expensive and seem to be over...
Depending on how strictly you follow religious laws, preparing for Passover can take some time. Here are the basic steps to follow to get your home and your family prepared for the holiday.
Growing up in the old country my mother alway taught me to make everything from scratch. Matzo ball soup is no exception. If you want to really impress your guests at Passover, here is a soup...
At sundown on December 11th Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. Parents often give their children presents, one for each of the eight days, but the holiday is...
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...
The Jewish Passover Festival requires that we eat Matzo during the holiday and we do not eat bread. This is to celebrate Moses and the Hebrews crossing the desert when running from the Egyptians....
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.
If you’re a goy (a non-Jew), and a Jewish friend invites you to a Passover Seder (ritual dinner), you should be flattered. The Seder on the first night of Passover is a family event that even...
When I was a kid, my mother used to make matzo meal pancakes as a traditional breakfast dish for Passover. To me, it was always tastier than regular pancakes and I wondered why she didn’t make...
Passover is a time for the Jewish people to gather with friends and family and read the Haggadah. It is extremely difficult for young children to sit through an entire Seder without any...
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....
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...
Matzo is a cracker-like bread made from unleavened flour. Matzah balls are especially popular during Passover when leavened products may not be used by observant Ashkenazi Jews. However, some...
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...
If you want to please the kids during Passover, make them their own Passover pizza. With a matzo base and delicious toppings, this pizza appeals to adults as well as children. It's a welcome...
Making a good dessert during Passover can be a challenge because leavened flour is forbidden to observant Jews during this time. A chocolate matzo torte is a rich, delicious alternative because...
The celebration of Hanukkah is about the miracle of the oil that should have provided light for only one night lasting for eight nights. To celebrate this miracle, oil is used in many Hanukkah...
Passover is a Jewish holiday that begins on the 14th day of Nissan in the Jewish calendar. This is usually in April and most Jews celebrate it for 8 days, except for Jews in Israel and some...
Though you can buy matzo that's already prepared, baking your own matzo is a rewarding experience because you can get it to your exact specifications. It's also not a difficult process if you can...
Matzo is cracker-like bread made from water and flour. To remain kosher, the flour cannot be mixed with water for more than 18 minutes before baking. The dough is pricked to ensure that is does...
Gifilte is fish, usually carp, that has been deboned and ground into a paste. The term comes from the German gefullte, meaning "filled" or "stuffed" because the paste is sometimes stuffed back...
Looking for a sweet treat while keeping Kosher during Passover or just any time? Try this Matzo Toffee, a toffee-chocolate covered matzo. Here's how to make it.
Chremslach is a traditional pancake served during Passover. Matzo meal is used in place of flour. Cremslach can be a light supper meal served with butter and vegetables or as a breakfast dish with...
Kugel, or dinner pudding, is a traditional Jewish side dish that is made of noodles and eggs. During Passover, substitute unleavened matzo farfel for the noodles to make matzo kugel. Matzo kugel...
One of the joys of Passover is creating delicious foods with matzo. Passover pancakes, sometimes called “matzo brei,” can be made several ways. Here’s an easy one...
Matzo balls are the ultimate comfort food in Jewish cooking. This recipe makes 12 to 18 soft, fluffy matzo balls that are a perfect addition to any chicken soup recipe.
To some the ultimate comfort food experience is a knish (pronounced kuh-nish) purchased from a street vendor in New York City or at the famous Yonah Schimmel’s bakery on the city’s...
How to make Chicken Matzo Ball Soup.
Seder is a traditional religious feast eaten during Passover. It is most often celebrated by Jewish people on the first night of Passover, though some celebrate it on the first and second night....
Jewish people the world over will soon gather to celebrate Passover. In fact, more Jews celebrate Passover than any other Jewish holiday. One of the special gifts of this holiday is the chance...
How to make Matzo Ball Soup (semi-home aide).
Matzo, or Matzah, bread is a Jewish unleavened bread that is typically consumed during Passover when Jews are not allowed to consume leavened products. Unleavened bread must be made without using...
Every year in the spring, Jewish families around the world gather together to celebrate Passover---a festival commemorating the freeing of the Jews from their Egyptian captors. The central ritual...
The Haggadah is a book that serves as a guide to fulfilling the commandment in Exodus 13:8: "And you shall tell your child on that day, saying: It is because of that which the Lord did for me when...
During Passover, the Jewish people are forbidden leavened bread. Matzo takes its place. As a child, I learned to enjoy this dish. As an adult, I taught my children to enjoy it all year round. As a...
Unleavened breads, also called flat breads, date back to Neolithic times. Early varieties were cooked on the ashes of a fire, on hot stones or in clay ovens. At a minimum, unleavened breads are...
This is a great recipe to make when you are busy and can't keep up with all the daily cooking. It can be made and left for family members to ladle away as their appetite calls. Quick and easy,...