Comments on: Noshin’ Jewish Recipes: harvest-fresh Sukkot meal of chicken, couscous and vegetables

By: Nadia Ryaboy

Nadia Ryaboy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:04:48 +0000

My sister made the ragout for our Sukkot party and it was delicious!!! Thanks for the wonderful recipe- – I can’t wait to try making it myself

By: Moshe

Moshe — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:58:56 +0000

שלום, תודה לך על מתכון נפלא זה, אלוהים יברך.

By: Sukkot — a week to be happy when the sky shows through your roof | Legal-Sleaze.com

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:33:22 +0000

[...] Sara compares Sukkot to Thanksgiving — she also has a great looking recipe for chicken with honey date sauce! Sukkot is the Festival of Booths, Huts, and/or Ingathering, depending on where you get your information. The third agricultural festival of the secular calendar, and the one that corresponds to the end of our growing season, it is a celebration of the bounty of the season and thanks to God for making it happen. Sukkot is a particularly fun holiday in my book — you eat outside under your sukkah, use food as art, and revel in the freshest stuff the farmers market has to offer — because it doesn’t matter where you’re celebrating, the point is to celebrate what grew in your neck of the woods. [...]

By: Leora Maccabee

Leora Maccabee — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:59:25 +0000

I am so excited to make the sukkot ragout tomorrow for my family’s sukkah party – I’ll let you know how it goes!

By: Minneapolis Farmers Market

Minneapolis Farmers Market — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:02:23 +0000

Since Sara cooked this meal to kick off our Sunday Cooks series, we can verify that it is delicious. Sara used all kinds of fresh and local market foods like Bar 5 chicken Breasts and Ames Farm honey. Now all we need is a sukka.

By: October 2 Recipe Roundup « The Heavy Table

October 2 Recipe Roundup « The Heavy Table — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:42:53 +0000

[...] whole Sukkot feast by Sara Rice over at TC Jewfolk, spicy cauliflower soup, and frickles. var addthis_pub = [...]

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:44:34 +0000

I read too fast – the tofu snuck in there, too! Thanks, Sara!

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:43:03 +0000

I’ve heard . . . you could also make this with tofu – okay, actually I’ve tasted!

Brown the tofu in some olive oil for about 10 min, then saute with the sauce.

It’s pretty fabulous!

(even better the next day!)

By: Sara

Sara — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:08:13 +0000

Zahavah,
Thanks! You could certainly also swap the dates for figs (dried or fresh) or raisins, which have about the same consistency and similar flavors.

I actually have a bunch of POM at home that I planned to use in place of the apple/pear juice the next time I make this! (Great minds think alike? )

By: Zahavah/Gayle

Zahavah/Gayle — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:50:05 +0000

Love the connection of these recipe with local food and harvest, especially since Sukkot is a reminder of our reliance on nature (or G-d…depending on how you roll…) and the vicissitudes of life in general. Also, these are written well with multiple options and suggestions on how to organize your time — always helpful in these busy days. My one modification, since I’m not a fan of dates, is to make use pomegranate concentrate or molasses instead of the honey-date combo (or you can make a pom concentrate by reducing POM juice) for the chicken — mix with some sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and white wine for a nice piquant but sweet sauce/glaze. Thanks for the wonderful post!