My mother, Irene, was obsessed with mandlebrot (mandel means almond, brot means bread in German and Yiddish), which she called "mandel breit," another name for the twice-baked cookies. They're often ...

Once the province of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cooking, pomegranate molasses recently has found its way onto television and into a growing number of supermarkets. The thick, garnet purple syrup ...

It’s not often that one hears a Jewish person refer to Yom Kippur -- the Day of Atonement, marked by repentence and fasting -- as their favorite holiday, but for a good friend of mine living in Jaffa, ...

You’d think we’d get better at this stuff, the older we get. But as the December days dwindle down, here we are again, staring into the headlights of holiday hoopla. Lists made and checked more than ...

You say "biscotti," I say "mandelbrot." According to Wikipedia: "The Yiddish word mandelbrodt literally means almond bread." But not every version contains almonds ...

Cream butter and sugars. Add eggs, vanilla and dry ingredients. Batter will become stiff, and it’s easier to mix by hand. Mix well, add chips and nuts. Shape into 4 loaves on cookie sheet. Sprinkle ...

Beat together sugar and eggs. Add oil, vanilla extract and cinnamon (if using). Add baking powder to flour. Alternate adding flour mix, pistachios and Craisins until fully blended. Divide dough in ...

We’ve been spread pretty thin lately. Blessed, of course, to travel to both coasts and expand our worlds, both professional and personal. But trying to do way too much in too little time has taken its ...