Noshin’ Recipe: Gesundheitskuchen, a.k.a., Good Health Cake
A simple, delicious cake appropriate for shiva, any Jewish life-cycle event — or heck, a Thursday evening.
A simple, delicious cake appropriate for shiva, any Jewish life-cycle event — or heck, a Thursday evening.
This treat screams love — like warm-hugs-from-your-mom-when-you-came-home-from-elementary-school love. Love that accepts you in sweatpants — in public. It says “I don’t need to impress you, I know you love me already (with or without this pie).” And that’s the way I want to start my new year — with some unconditional love. And pie.
TC Jewfolk’s food blogger and Noshin’ columnist Sara Rice is kicking off the Minneapolis Farmer’s Market “Sunday Cooks” series this Sunday, September 20th with a High Holiday cooking demonstration amidst the stalls of the market.
We are in the midst of the month of Elul, the Jewish month preceding Rosh Hashanah, during which we are supposed to prepare for the coming Days of Awe. Some people do charity work. Others make phone calls to friends and family members. I bust out my hefty Jewish cookbook library and plan the meals [...]
The next two months are a whirlwind on the Jewish calendar. With the holidays of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah rolling out one after another in September and October, it is enough to get your head in a twist and your tongue tied. Why are they called the High Holidays? [...]