Holiday cooking

In the kitchen with Henny: An international Purim celebration

Mix, match, and celebrate with an international Purim menu that’s vibrant, unexpected, and perfect for a table filled with family and friends.

American Pulled Beef Hamantaschen
Kosher cookbook author and philanthropist Helen Nash died at 89.

Helen Nash, kosher cookbook author and NYC philanthropist, dies at 89

ALDO’s Flowers collection

Flowers and butterflies – the fashion brand kicks off the holiday season

 Tannaz Sassooni shows off an Erev Yalda spread in Los Angeles in December 2023. Rachel Sumekh, her collaborator, stands at the back wearing red.

The Persian winter solstice tradition of Yalda pairs perfectly with Hanukkah


Cookies & herbal tea for you and me

Below, you’ll see that I’ve included three recipes for cookies that are the perfect complement for a mug of steaming hot herbal tea.

MOROCCAN MACHINE COOKIES

Who invented the beloved doughnut?

A quick study on the origin of the sufgania.

Sufganiot (Hanukka donuts)

Summer in Holland produces first naturally-grown etrog in decades

The single fruit is green and about the size of a large plum, and therefore far smaller than the fruit grown in Israel, Morocco and Italy for export during the holiday.

A Jewish worshipper holds the Four Species, used in rituals for the holiday of Sukkot which began last week, before the recitation of the priestly blessing at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City September 30, 2015

Pascale's Kitchen: Delicacies for Hoshana Raba

A number of recipes that are easy to prepare and with which you can create impressive-looking delicacies for the upcoming holiday.

STUFFED QUINCES WITH HAZELNUTS AND CINNAMON

Kitchen hacks to remember

Save time and effort preparing for Yom Tov – or any Shabbat.

ROASTED VEGETABLES prepared ahead of time are a godsend to the overextended cook

PASCALE’S KITCHEN: SYMBOLIC FOODS FOR A SWEET NEW YEAR

Why not welcome the New Year with delicous foods?

PUMPKIN AND CARROT

WATCH: Islamic world prepares for Eid al-Adha

All over the Islamic world people are making preparations for Eid al-Adha, the festival of sacrifice.

Kaaba in Mecca

Exodus from chametz: Passover preparations around the world

Let us travel a bit and see what kind of preparations were made for Passover in various locales.

Ethiopian Jews prepare for Passover

Pass the calories: Israelis line up for hot doughnuts

Pastry chef Nir Reichman describes Hanukka lines of thirty and forty people patiently waiting to purchase tasty sweets.

Festival of Lights - Sofganiut

Three ladies - Three lattes

‘It seems as if this time of year is one endless catering job... I have very little energy or time for spirituality.’

Cartoon catering during the holidays.