Sautéed Bok Choy
This bok choy recipe is a companion to my Ginger Sesame Roast Chicken, but pairs well with most meats. Ingredients 3 small heads of bok choy or baby bok choy 1 thinly sliced onion 2 Tbsp olive oil 1...
View ArticleEasy Shabbat Ginger Sesame Roast Chicken
When I say “Shabbat Dinner” what comes to mind? For me, it always connotes roast chicken. While roasting a whole chicken can seem complicated and time consuming, I promise you’ll find that it’s not,...
View ArticleHoney Zimsterne “Star” Cookies
Food pathways show the influence on recipes from region to region and neighbor to neighbor. In Germany, a recipe for gingerbread men was adapted and adopted by Eastern European Jews to make Zimsterne,...
View ArticleIndian Grilled Chicken with Cilantro Mint Sauce
Chicken is a mainstay in most Jewish homes. We love our chicken stock (homemade or store-bought and doctored will do) for matzah ball soup. You’ll find chopped chicken livers at the holiday table...
View ArticleBuffalo Quinoa Burgers
I was raised on a healthy diet of my mom’s homemade buffalo wings. I remember the first time I had a ‘hot’ wing. She had brought home some leftovers from what would become our favorite wing spot, The...
View ArticleSha-barbecue Cilantro, Lime & Yogurt Chicken Wings
Gang, summer is coming to an end! We need to embrace all of its delights as much as we can, including swimming and eating as much ice cream as possible, because that’s what summer’s about, right? I...
View ArticleBruschetta Mac and Cheese
There’s one dish that will always and forever have a place in my heart (probably literally and figuratively at this point!)—macaroni and cheese. To give you a clue as to just how much I love mac and...
View ArticleVegan Funfetti Cheesecake Bites
I grew up with Easter baskets, but I didn’t grow up “celebrating” Easter by any means. When I visited dad’s house during Easter time, though, my stepmother would have beautiful Easter baskets prepared...
View ArticleChallah With a Twist: Scallion Pancake Challah
By Molly Yeh Reprinted with permission from Molly Yeh, adapted from MyJewishLearning. I enjoy being a Chinese Jew. I eat plenty of matzah balls and potstickers and I get to celebrate three New Years....
View ArticleSeven Species Cheese Spread for Havdalah
All photos by Laurel Street Kitchen When my now-husband Bryan and I began talking about spending our lives together, we enrolled in Introduction to Judaism classes at a local a reform synagogue in San...
View ArticleKabocha (Japanese Pumpkin) Challah
Besides the occasional pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, I didn’t grow up eating a lot of pumpkin-flavored dishes. Instead, the women in my Japanese-American family made stewed kabocha (also called Japanese...
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