Hammentaschen
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Hammentaschen Recipe. All Variations

Hammentaschen: The signature triangle-shaped fun Purim cookie. It is shrouded in legend, myth, old-wives tales and folklore: Is it ear-shaped? Is it purse-shaped? Read on!) It is shaped with three points pinched around a jam or other filling.…
Chocolate Halvah Pie
Babka
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NYC Babka Winner. My Own Babka Recipe. All Variations

Babka and New York City: That endless and unabashed love affair is no secret. Babka is the ultimate dessert comfort food, Jewish soul food. Mind you, babka mania extends way beyond Jewish homes and Shtibles, and pours into all homes, Jewish…
chopped liver
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Chopped Liver Recipe. Lighter Variation

Chopped liver, provided it's well made,  shouldn't be treated as... chopped liver. We always confess our love for all things liver as a sort of illicit guilty pleasure.  We grew up eating it quite often, enjoyed it in moderate amounts without…
tsimmis
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Tsimmis Recipe. Loaf Variation

Tsimmis No Tsimmis on Rosh Hashana? Unthinkable! It is the perfect quintessence of all our prayers on a dinner plate: Sweet, strong, deep, spicy, nourishing, delicious. My Tsimmis Recipe is included in my giant Rosh Hashana Recipe and…
stuffed cabbage
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Lazy Not Stuffed Cabbage Recipe

Huh? NOT stuffed cabbage? I would like to say that it is this week's inclement weather which is inspiring me to make this wonderful comfort food, except I love comfort foods anytime anywhere, in all seasons. Cabbage, tomatoes, rice, meat (or…
Kasha with onions and mushrooms
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Kasha with Onions and Mushrooms Recipe. Gluten-Free

Kasha with Onions and Mushrooms Kasha, onions, mushrooms: Perfect expat Jewish food. Mine is a super modern and healthy take on an Old World Classic. Not Love at First Bite Good Sephardi that I am, it took me quite some time to love the…
yerushalmi kugel
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Yerushalmi Kugel Recipe

Yerushalmi Kugel is a great Jewish favorite It is also a real showcase in Israeli synagogues at Kiddush time: I have seen two burly men flip an enormous pot of Yerushalmi Kugel onto a gigantic counter, then slice it across its whole diameter…