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Here are a few special succot recipes to enhance your chag! These are perfect dishes to serve as fall starts to come in and we take advantage of the seasonal delicacies. Enjoy!

As we finish Rosh Hashasha, I get to thinking about succos and one of my favorite things. I love sitting in the chill autumn air, with the family, in a beautifully decorated sukkah. Every year my mother would make this delicious potato leek soup and it was the perfect thing…

I discovered this recipe about 13 years ago, labeled as a variation in the classic purple Spice and Spirit cookbook. I make it in bulk, without the pinch of sugar and keep it in the fridge. Spoiler: I use this on every kind of salad!!! Vegetables with green salad, cabbage…

My husband teases me that I casually mentioned to him once while we were dating, “Oh, by the way. I don’t know how to cook.” Being that my mother-in-law is a fantastic cook, he simply responded, “Oh.” and politely tried to disguise his concern. 

When I was first married and went with my husband to his brother and sister in law for Shabbos, she made this delicious tomato dip to put on the challah, potato kugel and basically everything.  My husband asked me to please get the recipe and since then we have been…

I would like to share with you a traditional Romanian recipe from my mom Roza Bin that passed away 14 years ago, Of  Blessed Memory. It is especially traditional dairy dish for Shavuoth holiday. It is between a cake and a sweet dairy dinner meal. In my childhood, when I…

Many years ago when I was in college majoring in Chemistry, I got a wonderful lab partner to work with.  He had a great understanding of the actual chemistry behind the labs, and I was very strong in math.  So he helped me to understand the chemistry and I helped…

When my husband and I started becoming more observant and began keeping Shabbat, I barely knew how to cook. Fast forward almost 25 years and I’ve learned a thing or two along the way! Through the years we’ve hosted many Shabbat and Yom Tov meals, and have fortunately been invited…

My great-grandmother lived in Missouri, she was a true southern woman. Church on Sundays, a strong southern drawl and the ONLY ONE allowed in the kitchen. However, whenever we would go to visit, she would sneak me and my brother into the kitchen with her, not letting anyone else in.…

This is my mother in laws- Cindy Wolfe’s- Recipe I double this for each 9×13 pan and literally make at least 8 pans of this every year.  It’s the first cooking I do before Pesach every year is make a ton and fill the freezer.  This is a staple and…

Every thanksgiving, we used to have our family come over and we all cooked together. My uncle was in charge of the deviled eggs. One day, out of all 3 kids, he chose me to help. I was close to 7 years old at the time and he had me…

My great grandmother, Nany Frieda, always had freshly baked cookies when we came to visit her in Miami. Chocolatey mandelbread and delicate rolls of chocolate rugaleach topped with colorful sprinkles greeted us every time. Sometimes my brother and sisters and I were lucky and Nany Frieda would let us help her…

The first thing I learned how to make in my mother’s Hungarian Jewish kitchen was Fushiert – also spelled “fasírt.” It’s a staple in our household, and something that brings me great pleasure in sharing with as many people as I can. In fact, it was one of the first…

Papa Barry’s Working Lunch Deli Style Turkey Pastrami on Marble Rye with a Shirley Temple In memory of my Papa Barry (Baruch ben Helen), may his neshama have an aliyah. You may have tried these recipes before but I promise you the combination of these two recipes takes deli dining…

As a young child, I was unaware that I was Jewish.  I was introduced to Judaism in 5th grade and was completely enamored.  Since my family  was entirely unaffiliated and knew nothing about Judaic observance, I was completely thrilled to find out that the family challah recipe was passed down…