Happy holidays all! I’m looking for a great brisket recipe to make for Chanukah dinner. Ideally, I’d like to find a traditional Jewish recipe as opposed to some sort of “chipotle-pecan brisket” - you get...

OK, so in my family we now have 3 different traditions for eating eggs at the Passover Seder: 1. whole plain hard-boiled (my dad’s side) 2. chopped hard-boiled mixed into salt water AKA 'the slurry.' 3. whole hard-boiled...

Pashka—or any very countryish cheesecake (an italian ricotta like one would do, too)—is definitely a traditional Slavic Easter dessert. Another Russian and Polish tradition is babka, which I mean differently from the...

The discussion about Christmas Eve dinner has me curious about other people’s holiday dining traditions. What does your family always do the same every year? For us on Thanksgiving, my grandmother always makes this Polish...

i love breakfast foods and would love to try new ones. what are some traditional breakfast foods? being japanese i know a traditional breakfast might include grilled salmon, rice, natto, tofu, miso soup, and pickles. so what do...

If we were going to my Aunt’s house for Christmas Eve, we’d be doing the traditional Italian fish dinner. Since we’re going to my in-law’s, it’s going to be dry chicken and frozen veggies. My fil may...

Hi guys, A friend of mine has volunteered to cater a birthday party for another of our friend’s Birthdays and after some fruitless consultations with the internet – he has asked me if I knew anything about Jewish BDay...

Leibman’s, on 235th off Johnson (Riverdale) is a traditional Jewish deli and a pretty good one.

The Rolling Pin bakery on Rte 25A in Setauket makes a very nice version of what I think is the traditional Jewish rye. It’s not a Kosher bakery, but I think the rye may fit the bill if you’re coming from this...

Hi guys, A friend of mine has volunteered to cater a birthday party for another of our friend’s Birthdays and after some fruitless consultations with the internet – he has asked me if I knew anything about Jewish BDay...

in Chinese restaurants, the secular Jewish tradition of eating Chinese food on Friday nights.

A friend of mine picked up several really tasty deli trays from Kaufmans a few months ago. It was traditional Jewish Deli style. Everything was very good. Manny’s serves some of the best corn beef, pastrami, and roast beef...

Go beyond Ashkenazic/East European Jewish food! There are Jewish food traditions from all over the world: middle eastern, Italian, Indian, etc. A great place to start is Claudia Roden’s book "The Book of Jewish Food: An...

cuisine, which btw is quite wonderful). I cannot speak to the Jewish (central or eastern European) tradition in this regard.

with onions) rather than butter on that bread if to be served with a meat dish. If that degree of authenticity is not important, disregard above. Claudia Roden’s The Book of Jewish Food is an exhaustively-research compendium...