For Sukkot, Seek Out the Farmers
There’s no better place to find inspiration for Sukkot, which celebrates the bounty of the harvest, than at the farmers market, which are ripe with signs of the changing seasons.
Connecting Our Bodies and Fall Bounty
For Lori, Sukkot epitomizes fall, her favorite season, and to her, the holiday is the Jewish calendar’s “eat local” poster child, a beautiful reminder to eat seasonal, locally grown produce.
Celebrate the Harvest with Stuffed Squash
The Festival of Tabernacles is about showing the bounty of the year’s final harvest. In the United States, the squash is a classic symbol of that.
Find Warming Energy During Sukkot
After the heavy eating of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Sukkot can feel daunting. Natasha has a few tips for making the holiday meaningful without it being too gluttonous.
Sukkot: Less Hut, More Harvest
Reflecting on Sukkot at her boarding school, Rabbi Goldstein realizes that most of us these days are so far removed from the key element of the holiday: the harvest.
Soup in the Sukkah
On a chilly fall night sitting in the sukkah, nothing is better than a warm bowl of soup. Think about it: like the sukkah, soup is built from the basics and nourishing.
Al Fresco Dining as a Sacred Experience
Rabbi James of JSSA reminds us that on Sukkot we eat outside, “living flush with life,” and remember that like our sukkah, we, too, are permeable and need different kinds of support.
For Kim Kushner, A New Kosher
A second cookbook from Kim Kushner, author of The Modern Menu, is kosher in a subdued kind of way, yet full of beautiful photos, helpful instructions and, of course, tasty recipes (many one-pot options, too!).
Building, Connecting and Coming Home
As a convert to Judaism, for Marcia, Sukkot celebrates building a new culinary heritage (Jewish-Italian, in her case), joy and autumn’s bounty. Thus, risotto, which has taken its own culinary journey, seems perfect.
Sukkot: The Official Foodie Holiday?
A look at the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington’s collection of community cookbooks reveals the importance of Sukkot to Washington’s foodies and some of the elaborate menus they planned to celebrate the harvest.
