Holiday eating can be delicious and tasty without being excessively indulgent. Here is a light and healthy Rosh Hashanah (and autumn) dessert that lets the flavors of the apples and…
Baked Apples with Cherries and Toasted Almonds

Holiday eating can be delicious and tasty without being excessively indulgent. Here is a light and healthy Rosh Hashanah (and autumn) dessert that lets the flavors of the apples and…
A North American Yom Kippur break-fast staple, bagels, cream cheese and lox can be too heavy for some people. Here’s a healthy version that swaps out the regular cream cheese…
I saw this recipe in Southern Living and changed the meat from pot roast to brisket. I also changed a few other ingredients. The maple syrup was my own idea…
My mother is famous for her fabulous noodle kugel. Family friends always love it when she serves it. When she made it for the brit (circumcision) of our third son,…
Join JFE to discover big personalities and high drama when author Allen Salkin presents his new book, From Scratch: Inside the Food Network on Monday, October 14, at the Washington DCJCC literary festival.
How did Bobbe do it? So much good food for so many people came out of that tiny kitchen! In a special Jewish Food Memory, DC author Faye Moskowitz lovingly recalls the High Holiday meals of her childhood.
Local author Beth Kanter will share stories she collected while writing Washington, DC Chef’s Table, including anecdotes from DC’s Jewish chefs, and offer tips on food writing.
This recipe is a family treasure! My mother concocted and named it when we were small children. Now, some five decades later, it is still a staple dish for Passover…
This dish was a big hit one of the last nights of Passover. Matzah becomes well hidden in the moussaka, the Greek version of lasagna. It’s great for using up…
A treat good enough even when it’s not Passover! The matzah in the photo does not have cranberries – I ran out! It is good with just sea salt, too.