The fragrant flavors of charoset past inspired Robin Cohen, a computer programmer turned national award-winning cook and food writer, to create Seder Sweetness, a new jarred fruit conserve with an easy recipe for home cooks.
In a world of increasingly complex dietary restrictions and food preferences, it’s becoming more onerous for many Jews to host Shabbat and holiday meals.
Can the physical act of eating be a spiritual experience? Judaism offers different blessings as a way of sanctifying all sorts of things, from the food we eat to…well, going to the bathroom afterwards. Why is food so important to Jews? “It’s not just hunger,” says one rabbi in the book Kosher Nation. “When I eat, my soul is also hungry […]
