יום חמישי, י״ז תמוז תשפ״וThursday, July 2, 2026
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By Chef Shaul
One of the most comforting of fruits in the winter is the humble tomato. It is sweet and warmly acidic, and comforting. Therefore, I am featuring two recipes incorporating tomatoes.
The amazing thing about a pureed soup is that it is pretty hard to mess up.
Okay, so no matter what exercise he asks us to do, some part of me complains.
By Chef Shaul
As we are in the cooler months of the winter, I am focusing on warm and hearty meals, ones that are short on prep time and family friendly.
By Pnina Baim
We help each other on a regular basis, but are free to say no without feeling guilt or resentment.
Sometimes people ask me questions that have been circulating for a while. That doesn’t mean I don’t have answers, though.
These taste the best served on Friday night paired with a glass of Tulip Cabernet Sauvignon.
By Sandy Eller
Once the snow has begun to fall, you can start debating the age old question: Do you wait until the snow stops to start shoveling or do you go out and shovel a few times during a lengthier snowfall?
By Sandy Eller
My voyage into the world of sous vide began with the Sansaire immersion circulator, a product that got its start on Kickstarter and exceeded its goal by more than 800 percent.
Agnon's words at the Nobel ceremony resonated for a proud observant Jew embracing a momentous occasion.
Since I am a working mother always on the go, I am constantly looking for fast, easy, and different.
Playing dreidel is like the miracle of the oil. You expect a game to take ten minutes and it lasts for eight nights.
By Sandy Eller
Don’t forget to take advantage of stores and websites that send you fun stuff just for being born.
By Sandy Eller
She began changing her eating habits and tweaking her recipes and saw the pounds start to disappear.
So my advice is to put small trackers on all his yarmulkes – the kind that make a “Bip-bip!’ noise when you push a button on your key fob – so you can find them when he can’t.
Inform the merchant of your preferences: Do you want a yellow esrog or a green one? Pittum still on or pre-broken off for your convenience? Fat or skinny? The kind that fits in an esrog box or the kind you have to lift with both hands?
By Sandy Eller
Not every main dish has to be time consuming, because, let’s face it, we don’t just cook for Shabbos and Yom Tov; we have to eat during the week also.
Though the least you can do is be aware of whether you have a good voice or not and act accordingly.
Whenever my son’s class takes a walk to the corner, I have to send in five bucks, but his camp goes on trips every week and I don’t hear a word.
One of the most enjoyable parts of the day was seeing the whale keep resurfacing near our boat.
By Sandy Eller
It was kind of a joke, recalled Esty. We never really expected it to turn into anything. If we had a family barbeque we would post pictures and I would share recipes when I ate something really good, but that was pretty much about it.
Apparently, according to experts, memory loss actually comes from passing through the doorway to another room.
By Sandy Eller
Somehow, no matter how you choose to spend your down time, food always manages to factor into the equation.
The Lake George area has a historical depth to it, is filled with natural beauty and has a whole host of fun for those with an adventurous streak.
By Ru Levin
This faux-soil playdough is easy, cheap and lasts much longer than its store-bought counterpart.
Maybe the point is that we should concentrate on the basic mitzvos before we move onto the fancy ones, like koshering our kids’ braces.
By Sandy Eller
Today, our gorgeous cookbooks have full-color, high-gloss pages, are loaded with gourmet recipes and are heavily marketed in advertising campaigns.
What books would you recommend to someone seeking intellectual ammunition for his belief in 1) the existence of G-d? and 2) the divinity of the Bible?
By Sandy Eller
If you’re anything like me, just thinking about Pesach is enough to send shivers down your spine.
By Ru Levin
It's nice to step back and appreciate the mitzvah in a fresh and minimalist way.
By Sandy Eller
Lest you think that this entire book is about decadent recipes that will wreak havoc with your diet, there are plenty of offerings to make even your nutritionist smile.
Half the people you ask want something substantial and homemade that they can eat for lunch, and half the people want candy, because it’s shelf stable, and, no offense, certified kosher.
By Sandy Eller
Another thing that really makes me nuts is when mishloach manos comes arranged in a lovely bowl or container, which then gets totally destroyed when you try to remove its contents.
By Sandy Eller
Drawing on her own years of experience in the food business, she worked on balancing flavors and textures, coming up with two different products that bear her name and work equally well as a recipe component or just mixed with water.
By Sandy Eller
With so many great recipes paired and stunning pictures you may just find yourself tempted to lick the pages of ESSR.
By Sandy Eller
In a world where it seems as if some cookbook authors deliberately go looking for obscure ingredients that none of us own, Mia Adler Ozair’s Cook, Pray, Eat Kosher is a breath of fresh air.
By Jodie Maoz
I can’t forget how excited I was when the newspaper came and I smashed my silly putty onto the comics and slowly rolled it back to see the picture on my Silly Putty.
By Sandy Eller
A quick look at margarine-less chocolate chip cookies offers a good look at what Pascal and Overtime Cook are all about.
By Sandy Eller
To me, nothing is more magical than stepping off a plane in the middle of the winter and finding myself someplace sunny, with a suitcase full of warm weather essentials.
By Sandy Eller
New cookbooks seem to magically materialize on my doorstep begging to be read (and hopefully praised on these page) and, while many are lovely and full of promise, only a handful of them make me want to drop everything, head to my kitchen and start cooking. Celebrate, an all new cookbook by Elizabeth Kurtz to […]
Women, on the other hand, are not really supposed to learn a lot of Gemara, because that’s like giving a soldier a loaded weapon.
By Sandy Eller
It's time to force myself to think about apple cider, cuddly sweatshirts and the end of daylight savings time.
By Sandy Eller
“Every dish that comes out, eight people take out their phones to take pictures of it,” said Kornblum.
By Sandy Eller
While I have yet to figure out where to put all these amazing volumes, I am astonished by the culinary inspiration that seems to jump off many a page and the apparently unending creativity that gives each of us the opportunity to experiment as never before.
By Sandy Eller
Spending more on a bottle of wine doesn't guarantee that you will like it better.
The doctor said, “Make sure to get a really expensive one. You spend a third of your life in bed.”
By Jodie Maoz
There are so many toys available for newborn to age 5, but how do you choose?
By Dr. Judith S. Bendheim Guedalia
I am not sure how many of you readers have had this experience, but I did and it truly tested the limits of my sanity!
Thankfully, camp mommy has been going along swimmingly (see what I did there?) until now.
June 26, 2026 
