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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 494

Rachel Ringler

Matzah Ball Soup (bhofack2/iStock)
December 6, 2024, 4:20 pm
Innovation delivers an array of instant matzah ball options
The food industry is putting a different spin on the old Jewish classic, making the comforting staple available to those lacking the time (or temerity) to cook them
By Rachel Ringler
Ina Garten appears at the 28th annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 13, 2024, in New York. Garten released a memoir, 'Be Ready When the Luck Happens.' (Photo by CJ Rivera/Invision/AP, File)
October 10, 2024, 4:46 am
In long-awaited memoir, star chef Ina Garten opens up about her abusive Jewish parents
The cookbook writer and TV personality is now a household name, but she discusses her painful childhood for the first time in her new biography, ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’
By Rachel Ringler
Steven Cook and Michael Solomonov shot the pictures for 'Zahav Home' in Solomonov's Philadelphia house. (Courtesy CookNSolo/via JTA)
September 20, 2024, 4:21 pm
Chef Michael Solomonov aims to simplify Israeli classics for home cooks in new book
‘Zahav Home’ inspired by COVID-era home cooking; author says loyal customers boosted support after post-Oct. 7 protests outside his restaurant due to his fundraising for Israel
By Rachel Ringler
The Times Square outpost of Eyal Shani's fast-casual restaurant, Miznon, is becoming certified kosher. (Ben Sales/JTA)
January 11, 2024, 4:05 pm
Eyal Shani’s fast-casual Times Square restaurant Miznon is going kosher
Observant foodies are all wrapped up in the news that the famed gourmet pita restaurant is to be certified starting on Jan. 21
By Rachel Ringler
Art and materials on display at 'Etrog: The Wandering Fruit' include, from left: Johann Bodenschatz's 'Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden,' Erlangen, 1748, showing various Sukkot scenes, and 'Nürnbergische Hesperides, oder Gründliche Beschreibung der edlen Citronat, Citronen, und Pomerantzen-Früchte,' a fanciful depiction of the fruit by Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nuremberg, 1708-14. (Courtesy the Bernard Heller Museum of Judaica)
September 30, 2023, 4:54 pm
Thick-skinned world traveler: NYC exhibit explores the life and times of the etrog
Trio of Jewish historians and curators has delved deep into the history, use, care, dissemination and symbolism of the citron that is a central feature of the Sukkot holiday
By Rachel Ringler
Michael Solomonov's honey cake with apple confit. (The Nosher/JTA)
September 24, 2022, 10:48 pm
What 5 international chefs are making for Rosh Hashanah
These culinary masters are weaving the traditional symbols of sweetness into their Jewish New Year’s menus – though the apples may be confited and the honey replaced by silan
By Rachel Ringler
Illustrative photo of hamantaschen. (Beryl Shereshewsky/ via JTA)
March 15, 2022, 3:35 pm
14 NYC bakeries offering delectable hamentaschen this Purim
‘Tis the season for traditional triangular treats — and the Big Apple boasts some of the finest around
By Rachel Ringler
In her latest cookbook, 'Vegan, at Times: 120+ Recipes for Every Day or Every So Often,' Jessica Seinfeld shares meat-, egg- and dairy-free recipes she has developed for herself and her family. (Gallery Books/ via JTA)
February 13, 2022, 4:57 am
Jessica Seinfeld shows us how to be vegan (at least some of the time)
Comedian’s wife says it’s not necessary to quit everything you love to enjoy the benefits of a plant-based lifestyle
By Rachel Ringler
Ines Chattas, the new culinary director at UN Plaza Grill in Manhattan, with some of the dishes she has added to spice up the menu: beef potstickers (left) and crispy seared branzino. (Courtesy/ via JTA)
January 4, 2022, 3:42 am
She wants to take the upscale kosher restaurant UN Plaza Grill to the next level
Argentinian-born, Miami-based Ines Chattas is bringing her over 20 years of hospitality experience to the Big Apple, along with a culinary heritage spanning from Germany to Syria
By Rachel Ringler
During the pandemic, Navah Perlman Frost pivoted from being a professional musician to running her own cake business. And yes, those are cupcakes -- not flowers. (Courtesy photos/Design by Grace Yagel/ via JTA)
December 20, 2021, 4:23 am
Switching keys after COVID, Jewish pianist in NYC designs cakes that strike a chord
Navah Perlman Frost’s ‘extraordinary’ buttercream creations have to be seen to be believed, and have made her an instant hit in the Big Apple’s competitive baking scene
By Rachel Ringler
Sherry Ansky (left), namesake and founder of the Tel Aviv sandwich shop Sherry Herring, clowns with a bit of herring, the main ingredient in her signature sandwich (right). (Courtesy/via JTA)
October 28, 2021, 6:13 am
Israeli noshery Sherry Herring opens in NYC — with ‘no Sherry and no herring’
The new stateside location of one of Tel Aviv’s most beloved sandwich shops is missing its signature item for now — but the hand-picked, 11-week-brined fillets are worth the wait
By Rachel Ringler
Swiss challah baker Katharina Arrigoni. (Courtesy/ via JTA)
July 2, 2021, 10:32 pm
How a non-Jewish Swiss baker’s challah up-braided the internet
Though she’s never tasted an actual loaf of challah she hasn’t baked herself, master breadmaker Katharina Arrigoni inspires grateful established bakers with her novel techniques
By Rachel Ringler
A sandwich from Daughter's Deli in los Angeles. (Courtesy/ via JTA)
May 26, 2021, 9:54 pm
6 US Jewish delis run by women that you need to know about
For a moment, it looked like the kosher-style delicatessen was on its way out, but new businesses are springing up and their female leadership isn’t their only twist on tradition
By Rachel Ringler
Gyðingakökur, which means 'Jewish cookie' in Icelandic. (Getty images via JTA)
August 13, 2020, 4:13 am
Icelandic Jewish cookies: A dessert with a fascinating story to tell
Likely brought to Iceland by Dutch Jews, who continue to prepare them on holidays, the confection became so popular that it made its way to ‘New Iceland’ in Manitoba, Canada
By Rachel Ringler
Shuba, or dressed herring, also known as 'herring under a fur coat.' (Rachel Ringler/ via JTA)
February 15, 2020, 12:50 pm
Russian comfort food is making a comeback in Israel
Though immigration from the former Soviet Union peaked in the 1990s, the cuisine is slowly — but surely — entering the Jewish state’s culinary mainstream
By Rachel Ringler
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