About a year ago, I came up with a goal for myself: to participate in a Shabbat dinner every week, just like I did growing up, but to spend them…
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About the Author
After a decade with local government, Emily Landsman found her second career in the food world. She has served as marketing and creative director for a number of well known small food companies in the DC area. Emily has a BA and MPA from The George Washington University and a graduate certificate in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems.
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Kosher Wine with a Greek Twist in VA
A little over an hour from Washington, Molon Lave Vineyards was started by a Greek immigrant whose Jewish friends and colleagues asked if he would produce kosher wines, so in 2010 he started to.
Edible Arrangement
I created this cocktail for last week’s dinner inspired by Marcia Friedman’s cookbook Meatballs and Matzah Balls presented by DGS Delicatessen and the Jewish Food Experience® at DGS in the Mosaic…
Yo Ho Ho and a Purim Punch!
Back in ancient Shushan, festive meals and royal parties went on for days and days. Queen Esther surely would have enjoyed a sophisticated rum and white wine party punch with her guests.
Shushan Party Punch
The ingredients in this punch are relatively easy to find in your local wine or liquor shop. Variations in each will change your finished drink. Serve in fun punch cups,…
A Land of Whisky and Honey
Want to celebrate Tu b’Shevat, but not into dried fruits and nuts? Fear not. The seven species were basically made for cocktails. Cheers to whisky (barley) and sparkling wine (grapes) cocktails!
The Smokey Pom
Ancient ingredients sure made for some tasty pre-dinner libations! Wheat becomes vodka, grapes turn into wine, barley is the only ingredient in true Scotch whisky and grenadine syrup is made…
Fig & Fizz
Humans learned long ago that they could ferment pretty much anything that contains natural sugar and turn it into alcohol, the easiest options being fruit and grain. Perhaps it was…
Hot Buttered Brandy
Fried cocktails sound like they belong at a state fair somewhere. This hot buttered brandy is a take on the traditional hot buttered rum, a drink that goes back to…
