The list of forbidden foods for the week of Pesach (Passover) starts with wheat, barley, rye, spelt and oats.  For some, typically those of Eastern European decent,  rice, millet, corn and legumes like beans and lentils are removed from homes and diets for the week-long festival too.  These ingredients, and dishes that contain them are banished from...

Offer me dukkah or candy, and I will take the dukkah.  I have been using this ingredient in everything since I bought out the entire supply at my local Trader Joes, and between you and me, there is no end to the uses I have found.  As a conscious consumer, I always prefer to make my own...

Sometimes you want something quick and easy, a short cut that will get you most of the way there.  Last night, in the midst of my hummus prep, I ran out of steam and with my chick peas soaked, tahini ready and garlic already roasted, I wanted to call it a night.  Making the hummus wasn't...

The foodie community is vast.  Not a week goes by without me adding another foodie to my google reader and swear to return to read each and every recipe.  Sometimes, it will be weeks or months before I visit again, but I like the support and inspiration that fellow foodies feed me.  Today’s recipe, Sweet...

Thirteen years ago, Malcolm Gladwell’s popular science book, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference  hit the shelves.  I first heard of the book when I was new to life in Israel and the book was rising in popularity ahead of the 2005 launch of Gladwell’s second work, Blink, when someone...

As the Kosher Food and Wine Experience slips in to the culinary memories of Foodies across the East Coast, I have returned home, invigorated by the foods I tasted, wines I discovered, and food friends I had the chance to spend the day with.  With each of the KFWE 2013 reviews and wrap-ups go live,...

A Jewish wedding is rich with traditions that begin as soon as a couple announce their engagement. Throw in the customs and preferences that have been celebrated by the families of the bride and groom since the beginning of time and there is plenty to factor in – which I suspect is just one reason...

When I arrived in a snow-dusted New York City for the Kosher Food and Wine Experience I had a game plan.  Lots of people to see, lots of places to eat, and lots of things to write when I return.  I had just fifty hours in Kosher New York City and it had been a decade since...