Beautiful and Modern Passover-At-A-Glance Cheat Sheets To Help Your Guests Relax At Your Seder Table
Last year right before Passover a woman wrote to me asking me if I had a printable version of the Jewish Food Pinterest Pin. She was hosting her first ever Passover Seder and was hoping to place these Passover-at-a-glance cards to decorate her table. Her idea was to place a card on each guests plate […]
The Next Best Thing to Renting-A-Rabbi To Join Your Passover Seder (+ Free Beautiful Printable Passover Prompt Cards)
One thing that makes me sad is being at a Passover table where there is not a meaningful discussion. And yet, it is hard to come up with the perfect question sometimes. Last year, I published this post with printable discussion prompt cards for the Passover table. These were very popular and I wanted to […]
Vegan Coconut Raisin Rum Tapioca Pudding – The Jewish Food Hero Kitchen
Tapioca pudding is currently underappreciated. Tapioca is made from cassava (yuca) root vegetable. Tapioca pears is made from the starch extracted from the roots of the cassava plant. It is considered kosher for Passover. I got the idea for this tapioca pudding recipe from living in Cambodia as Tapioca is a favorite and popular […]
From the Jewish Food Hero Kitchen: Quinoa Cranberry Mandarin Salad
This high protein quinoa salad has it all: crunchy celery, sweet oranges and tangy cranberries. It is a complete meal on its own. Its colorful appearance also makes it a lovely addition to any table as a side dish. I was inspired to make this recipe after trying dried cranberries in a salad made by […]
Use These Modern and Beautiful Place Cards To Decorate To Your Passover Seder Table
These Passover place cards are beautiful and practical. They add a decorative design element to your table and also allow you to intentionally place guests at your Passover table. According to Martha Stewart, the correct place for these place cards is “On a folded napkin, which rests on the dinner plate at each place setting, […]
What’s In Your Pantry, Amy Zitelman Hersch?
What’s in Your Pantry? is a recurring feature where I ask women to tell us more about their food and eating habits by opening up their kitchen pantries to us. This week I’m featuring Amy Zitelman Hersch. She is the youngest of three food loving entrepreneurial sisters (they all are co-founders of Soom Foods). Dog-Mom […]
18 Vegan + Kosher Pantry Essentials For Your Body, Mind and Spirit
Keeping healthy food stocked in our pantry supports us to cook better. I like to use Jeff Novick’s five healthy diet guidelines when I am purchasing food staples. I enjoy having simple systems that can guide my decision making. The more I recall these guidelines when I shop, the easier it is for me to […]
What’s In Your Pantry, Melanie Weiss?
What’s in Your Pantry? is a recurring feature where I ask women to tell us more about their food and eating habits by opening up their kitchen pantries to us. This week I’m featuring Melanie Weiss. Melanie is the Director of Education at Beth Israel Congregation in Waterville, Maine, and the Co-Director of Summer Programming […]
Shabbat Shalom 23 February 2018
Pre-Shabbat Prospects Who says we can’t make Vegan Sloppy Joes for Shabbat dinner? We can call them “Vegan Sloppy Shlomos” for a good laugh at the Shabbat table. A massage sounds blissful to me or even a real hug before Shabbat. It turns out that we all need more non-sexual intimate touch in our lives. […]
7 Smartphone Habits To Help You Feel Calmer and More Connected To Your Real Life
Since their release in 2007, Smartphones are taking a toll on our health and our relationships. Here are a list of my most urgent questions about my smartphone experience: Is it possible for me to have a smartphone and use it in a balanced and sane way? Does smartphone use naturally lead to compulsive overuse? […]
“Sobering” Jewish Quotes on Alcohol and Partying (Pun Intended)
In honor of Purim, the Jewish holiday where many people drink too much alcohol, here are Jewish quotes on alcohol and partying for your reflection and pleasure. People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. -Ann Launders In a place for wine, pour not forth talk. -Ben […]
An Interview with Rabbi Sara Rich on Modern Modesty
I am so happy to share this interview with Rabbi Sara Rich on modern modesty. My hope for this interview was to learn about the origins of this idea and to enlarge the modern conversation around the topic of modesty in a way that feels relevant and inclusive to all women. For those of you […]
