Rosh Hashana: Vegetarian Tzimmis

Today’s recipe is from a guest blogger: Gloria Kobrin.  Gloria has cooked her whole life for groups ranging from four to 100. She specializes in creating delicious gourmet food that is approachable to the home cook and that happens to be kosher. Author of the Kosher Cookbook App for iPhone and iPad, Gloria currently shares her recipes and cooking tips on her new website KosherByGloria.com and on her Kosher Cookbook page on Facebook  and on Twitter.  With the weekend upon us and Rosh Hashana around the corner, I asked Gloria to share one of … [Read more...]

Rosh Hashana: Potato Apple Galette

Today's recipe is from a guest blogger: Gloria Kobrin.  Gloria has cooked her whole life for groups ranging from four to 100. She specializes in creating delicious gourmet food that is approachable to the home cook and that happens to be kosher. Author of the Kosher Cookbook App for iPhone and iPad, Gloria currently shares her recipes and cooking tips on her new website KosherByGloria.com and on her Kosher Cookbook page on Facebook  and on Twitter.  Here's what Gloria has to say: This recipe is so easy and yet looks so elegant! You can … [Read more...]

Apple Cider Challah

It’s the Jewish New Year.  A time of the year when Mom could be found cooking up some of her favorite holiday delicacies: from brisket to tzimmes to noodle kugels.  I miss watching  her in the kitchen, keeping it bustling with activity and full of sweet comforting smells. Now her kitchen is sterile and cold, devoid of use and love. This year I committed myself to bake my first-ever challah with my daughter.  I have so many fond memories of Mom making unusual breads; watching her carefully place the dough in our dark, hot, creepy furnace … [Read more...]