An Afro-Ashkefardi Recipe For Rosh Hashanah

An Afro-Ashkefardi Recipe For Rosh Hashanah

From black-eyed pea hummus spiked with homemade horseradish harissa to matzoh-meal fried chicken cooked in shmaltz, to peach noodle kugels touched with garam masala, Afro-Ashkefardi is my way of cooking Jewish. While some of my DNA goes back to old Jewish genes, I...
Easy Cross Cultural Rosh Hashanah Meal

Easy Cross Cultural Rosh Hashanah Meal

One of our favorite bloggers Jennifer “CubanRuebel” has done it again! She has come up with a wonderful holiday meal with an authentic Cuban flair. For the busy family prepping for the holiday this is the perfect way to create a holiday meal that will surpass...
Lessons from Catholic Mass for Rosh Hashanah

Lessons from Catholic Mass for Rosh Hashanah

Growing up in a very Reform household, I was never completely comfortable at the prospect of being called to the bima for an honor. Until I attended Mass. Most every Sunday, for more than a year. washington_03_72dpiThe reason wasn’t religious, but journalistic; as...
Iron Chef Rosh Hashanah: Be Fruitful and Multiply

Iron Chef Rosh Hashanah: Be Fruitful and Multiply

My daughter Mia often watches Iron Chef, a cooking show on TV in which they designate a secret ingredient that is required to be in every dish. For Rosh Hashanah we wish for a New Year bright and full of possibilities. And so we knew the secret ingredient needed to...