Jewish food

Sweetening the new year: How Jewish food becomes family tradition - opinion

Jewish food is more than what Jews eat. It is what becomes woven into family life, memory, tradition, and the freedom to change what came before.

EMMER & CANE baked goods. Yum!
Stein Stein, owner of Steve Stein's Famous Deli in Northeast Philadelphia, the day after his last day in business, Aug. 24, 2026.

Northeast Philadelphia's last Jewish deli shuts down after over 60 years, most Jews in area left

My Life with Arthur Szyk  (see Tuesday).

Jerusalem highlights: May 29-June 4

Pastel con carne.

The original Jewish brunch: The meal that connects communities, flavors, and memories


Impossible Pork shouldn't be kosher - opinion

"We should be glad that technology has created a meaningful difference between veggie beef and veggie pork — but if the distinction is there, the ban on the pork must be, too."

The Reubecca is a pork-heavy take on a Reuben sandwich.

Kreplach, anyone? A fable of a New York childhood

I especially like “Jewish” food, which, quite peculiarly, starts more often than not with a K: Kugel, knish, kichel, kuchen, knaidlach, and my personal favorite – kreplach.

 Kreplach

We tried these American hummus flavors so you don’t have to

Americans haven’t just embraced hummus, they have found truly appalling ways to make it their own. Here are the most horrifying flavors we could find.

Hummus 465

Why Russian Jews are obsessed with this health salad

While the exact origin of health and vitamin salads is unknown, they have been popular among Ashkenazi Jews for decades.

Claremont salad.

6 Jewish delis run by women that you need to know about

THE 2ND AVE DELI has been operating a kosher kitchen since 1954.

This Hungarian coffee cake is even better than babka

Monkey bread is a yeasted cake with origins in the Hungarian Jewish community that came to the United States.

Apple-studded brown butter streusel coffee cake.

Jake Cohen debuts his first cookbook and breaks the internet

Cohen is preparing for Passover by discussing how his book came to be, his journey to the top of food culture, as well as what his favorite foods are for the Festival of Matzah.

JEW-ISH author, Jake Cohen

Restaurant review: Savory Meat Skewers and Hamburgers at Shapeduni

The chef is Elad Cohen who has worked in dozens of restaurants in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. I asked him to choose my meal for me from the extensive menu.

Good things on skewers at Shapeduni

Pascale's Kitchen: Seder Night

This year I have prepared for you a nice assortment of dishes that are traditionally prepared for Seder night. As the first night of Passover is one of the most important events in the Jewish calendar, it is common to invest great time and effort in preparing tasty traditional dishes for this special evening.

Pascale's recipes for the 2021 Seder

Eisenberg’s deli, NYC institution since 1929, closes indefinitely

New York magazine said that Eisenberg’s motto used to be “raising New York’s cholesterol since 1929.” In addition to the now rare egg cream, the deli also sold Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda.

THE 2ND AVE DELI has been operating a kosher kitchen since 1954.