An Amazing Morning For A Jew: On Hens, Tiger Poo and Hechshers…
I had an amazing morning. Here was just the first little bit: I went for a walk with Marco and Talia (aged 3) to find the goats and the hens. The goats are just roaming around, doing hen-like things,...
View ArticleChildren’s Cob-Oven Challah Baking
Children at Latkes to Lattes conference kneading challah dough. Children and parents at the cob-fed oven at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center. More to follow!
View ArticleThe close of Latkes to Lattes…
A conference about Jews and food might cause some to think of people trading chicken soup and brisket recipes. But this was a different kind of conference, and a different group of Jews. Organic,...
View ArticleWould it still be Thanksgiving Dinner if we ate turkey every night?
Someone made a comment at the Food Conference that ‘ethnic foods’ were unhealthy; take your pick between Italian (heavy sauces), Indian (full of butter), Chinese (high fat & sugar content), and...
View ArticleIn search of the perfect latke
At Hazon’s food conference two weeks ago I was shocked when I tasted the latkes. They were delicate, lacy, not greasy, flecked with tiny bits of green, and utterly heavenly. I had never tasted a latke...
View ArticleQuinoa. Learning to love it.
Who knew that quinoa packed so much protein in its weird little spirally grain? Turns out, it’s a pseudo-grain since it comes from a plant, not a grass, and indigenous Andean natives considered it...
View ArticleForum urges Jews to think how did this food get to my plate?
From JTA via JPost and our very favorite Alix Wall (who helped cook in the kitchen the food we all ate!)… Forum urges Jews to think how did this food get to my plate? By ALEXANDRA J. WALL / JTA Dec....
View ArticleLocal, free-range, organic (kosher!) meat
As a CSA coordinator and food blogger, I have the privilege of hearing the rumblings of what’s sprouting in the world of sustainable agriculture and eating. And the question on everyone’s mind these...
View ArticleShechting a goat at the Hazon Food Conference?
On the Friday night of last year’s Hazon Food Conference I said, “put your hands up if you eat meat – but would not do so if you had to kill it yourself.” And a good number of hands went up. Then I...
View ArticleCome hear David Kraemer at JTS this Monday!
I’ve already posted once today, so sorry for double-dipping, but this is worth posting ASAP: From the JTS press release: Dr. David Kraemer, the author of Jewish Eating and Identity Through the Ages...
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