Jewish food

Winter in Jerusalem: Cozy soups, simple treats to warm your heart and home

Warm up this winter with cozy soups, hearty chicken, and sweet baked apples, simple recipes full of flavor and comfort for chilly days.

Chicken soup.
Henny Shor.

On board for Hanukkah: Fresh, delicious twist for the holiday

Kosher cookbook author and philanthropist Helen Nash died at 89.

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

Edible dreidels.

Edible dreidels and pull-apart sufganiyot: Must try recipes for the Hanukkah season


This Hungarian coffee cake is even better than babka

Monkey bread is a yeasted cake with origins in the Hungarian Jewish community that came to the United States.

Apple-studded brown butter streusel coffee cake.

Jake Cohen debuts his first cookbook and breaks the internet

Cohen is preparing for Passover by discussing how his book came to be, his journey to the top of food culture, as well as what his favorite foods are for the Festival of Matzah.

JEW-ISH author, Jake Cohen

Restaurant review: Savory Meat Skewers and Hamburgers at Shapeduni

The chef is Elad Cohen who has worked in dozens of restaurants in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. I asked him to choose my meal for me from the extensive menu.

Good things on skewers at Shapeduni

Pascale's Kitchen: Seder Night

This year I have prepared for you a nice assortment of dishes that are traditionally prepared for Seder night. As the first night of Passover is one of the most important events in the Jewish calendar, it is common to invest great time and effort in preparing tasty traditional dishes for this special evening.

Pascale's recipes for the 2021 Seder

Eisenberg’s deli, NYC institution since 1929, closes indefinitely

New York magazine said that Eisenberg’s motto used to be “raising New York’s cholesterol since 1929.” In addition to the now rare egg cream, the deli also sold Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda.

THE 2ND AVE DELI has been operating a kosher kitchen since 1954.

Family recipes helped me discover my hidden Sephardi history

I only found out that my family was actually Jewish as a teenager, that all our colorful, fragrant, crunchy dishes were deeply rooted in Judaic culinary traditions from 16th-century Spain.

Bunuelos are small balls of fried dough with a sweet or salty filling.

EU court decision: Happy cows higher priority than happy Jews - analysis

It is not as if kosher meat is banned in Flanders of Wallonia, just that the ritual slaughter of the cows there is forbidden. This means if you want to eat kosher meat, it will have to be imported, something that will significantly increase the price.

KOSHER INSPECTOR Aaron Wulkan examines meat to ensure that the food is stored and prepared according to Jewish regulations and customs in a Bat Yam store.

Pascale's Kitchen: Luscious Latkes

Secrets and techniques for preparing great latkes.

Latkes come in many flavors

Hanukkah latkes - watch how to make the perfect ones

Get frying and get creative with those toppings.

Crispy, fried and perfect latkes

Hot dogs are the greatest American Jewish food – here’s why

What’s that you say? You didn’t know that hot dogs were a Jewish food? Well, that’s part of the story, too.

Grilled hot dogs with vegetables, ketchup and mustard (illustration)