Food

Can a Jew cook Palestinian food without getting all political?

It’s all love, hummus and za’atar until the shooting starts This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. My first Palestinian cookbook was “Palestine on a Plate” by Joudie

Za’atar schnitzel from Reem Kassis

An Ashkenazi staple through Palestinian eyes This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. This recipe from Palestinian cookbook author Reem Kassis uses a familiar Palestinian spice to update a European dish.

This summer, may all your lox be wild lox

In many places, farmed salmon is a slow-motion environmental train wreck. This summer, think wild. This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. On the rocky western coast of

Yotam Ottolenghi wants to talk to you

The Israel-born chef’s post-COVID reflections on home cooking, the future of food, and baked pasta This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. If Yotam Ottolenghi were the type

Food

It’s artichoke season: here’s your harvest dinner menu

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. My artichokes took a beating in the December storms, which they liked. By last week the wide dusky green leaves and

Food

Did Jews name this classic Italian cookie?

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. When the Italian bakery and cafe Il Fornaio opened its first American branch in San Francisco, I was hired as a

Food

Drink spring: Make your own bittersweet aperitif

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Every spring morning I walk into my backyard, take a deep inhale, and wish I could bottle that smell. This year,