Is Ice Cream Good for the Jews?
If ice cream is actually good for you, that’s just the latest of a heap of reasons to eat dairy on the upcoming Shavuot holiday.
Counting the Omer, One Tartine at a Time
Today’s recipe is really a list: 49 different delicious, chometzdik, sustaining, take-it-along open sandwiches. Called tartines, they are an emanation of medieval peasant food in which a meal would be served atop a slice of bread so as to be eaten while on foot. I thought about making quail, the other culinary miracle performed for those desert wanderers, but then, not many of us have quail in the freezer. If you do, please send us a photo of those little delicacies, and my chef’s hat is off to you.
For a New Twist on Shavuot, Try this Lox-Bagel-Turned Cheesecake
by Rachel Harkham
More than three thousand years ago, as the story goes, the Israelites received the Torah from God on top of Mt. Sinai. Shavuot,...
Shavuot Blintzes: Take Your Lactaid, Folks
Shavuot, the holiday that marks the receiving of the Torah and the annual cheesecake overload, begins on the evening of Tuesday, May 14. The holiday...
The Plight of the Three-Day Holiday
by Rebecca Borison
This past Friday, I turned off my iPhone at approximately 7 pm and prepared myself for three days of being disconnected. Shavuot happened...