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Inside the Mexican Jewish ‘Cocina’
New cookbooks from Mexico offer treasured family recipes with modern techniques.

New cookbooks from Mexico offer treasured family recipes with modern techniques.
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Vegetables Take Center Stage at the Jewish Holiday Table
A handful of new cookbooks prove that vegetables have been integral to Jewish food traditions for centuries.

A handful of new cookbooks prove that vegetables have been integral to Jewish food traditions for centuries.
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Keeping Cool in My Israeli Kitchen
Channeling emotions into cooking and food is the Jewish way.

Channeling emotions into cooking and food is the Jewish way.
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Food World Insiders Contribute to Israel’s War Effort
Starting on October 7, ordinary citizens rushed to assist their country in its time of need. For those in the food world, efforts often congregated around the kitchen.

Starting on October 7, ordinary citizens rushed to assist their country in its time of need. For those in the food world, efforts often congregated
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Cooking as Wartime Comfort
Post October 7, social media culinary stars share Israeli pride and flavor on Instagram.

Post October 7, social media culinary stars share Israeli pride and flavor on Instagram.
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Rome’s Ancient Jewish Foodways
Leah Koenig’s newest cookbook, Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen brings classic fried artichokes and apple fritters for Hanukkah.

Leah Koenig’s newest cookbook, Portico: Cooking and Feasting in Rome’s Jewish Kitchen brings classic fried artichokes and apple fritters for Hanukkah.
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How Food, Tradition and ‘Shabbat’ Nurture Judaism
Sussman’s new ‘Shabbat’ cookbook reinforces how formative Friday night dinner was, and continues to be, to Jewish identity.

Sussman’s new ‘Shabbat’ cookbook reinforces how formative Friday night dinner was, and continues to be, to Jewish identity.
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‘Leftovers’ Maven Tamar Adler
Tamar Adler’s ‘The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z’ is packed with over 1,500 inventive ideas for refashioning leftovers into something totally different.

Tamar Adler’s ‘The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z’ is packed with over 1,500 inventive ideas for refashioning leftovers into something totally different.
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Chanie Apfelbaum Is ‘Totally Kosher’—and Totally Fearless
In her newest cookbook, food blogger Chanie Apfelbaum dares to be photographed with her children, something that’s unusual in the Orthodox food world she inhabits.

In her newest cookbook, food blogger Chanie Apfelbaum dares to be photographed with her children, something that’s unusual in the Orthodox food world she inhabits.
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Auschwitz Survivors Share Treasured Recipes
‘Honey Cake & Latkes’ is filled with photos, stories and Old World dishes that anchored survivors to their Jewish heritage.

‘Honey Cake & Latkes’ is filled with photos, stories and Old World dishes that anchored survivors to their Jewish heritage.
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Still Smitten With Deb Perelman
Recipes from “Smitten Kitchen Keepers” evoke the Jewish kitchen in homey and delicious ways, such as Perelman’s Bialy Babka and Slow-Roasted Chicken With Schmaltzy Croutons.

Recipes from “Smitten Kitchen Keepers” evoke the Jewish kitchen in homey and delicious ways, such as Perelman’s Bialy Babka and Slow-Roasted Chicken With Schmaltzy Croutons.
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High Holiday Recipes From Israeli Bloggers
A number of Israeli women have harnessed the power of social media and other virtual spheres to launch and grow their careers in food.

A number of Israeli women have harnessed the power of social media and other virtual spheres to launch and grow their careers in food.
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Claudia Roden, Culinary Icon
Influential food writer Claudia Roden is ‘not nearly finished yet.’

Influential food writer Claudia Roden is ‘not nearly finished yet.’
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Challah Stuffed With Sweet and Savory Fillings
The most exciting part about eating a stuffed challah is slicing or tearing the bread open to discover the sweet or savory filling.

The most exciting part about eating a stuffed challah is slicing or tearing the bread open to discover the sweet or savory filling.

When I met up with Brooklyn-based author and chef Louisa Shafia, she was on her way to an East Village restaurant to prepare for a

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Warm Weather Recipes from American Chefs

by Libby Barnea

Summer reading usually means light-hearted genre fare, favorites like mystery novels, romances and science fiction. But what is more escapist and transporting to read—and ogle

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Summer Eats and Reads from Overseas

by Libby Barnea

Summer reading usually means light-hearted genre fare, favorites like mystery novels, romances and science fiction. But what is more escapist and transporting to read—and ogle

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Season to Taste: Kashrut with Frequent Flier Miles

by Adeena Sussman

Why just see the world when you can go one step further and taste it? That’s the thinking behind a growing number of culinary-focused tours

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Cut & Post: In the Kitchen With an iPad

Dinner Tablets A new iPad application by Israeli company Kinetic Art will have you preparing meals by Israeli chef Meir Adoni with professional ease, in

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Still Cooking After All These Years

by Libby Barnea

Just as Hadassah refuses to show its age and keeps revolutionizing what it means to be a Jewish woman in America, our organization-wide obsession with