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Lemongrass & Lime book cover

Chef and restaurant owner Leah Cohen releases her cookbook, “Lemongrass & Lime”

September 29, 2020

Leah Cohen, a Jewish and Filipino American chef and restaurant owner, released her cookbook Lemongrass & Lime on September 29, 2020. Cohen is the owner and head chef at two critically acclaimed New York City restaurants, and also competed in season five of Top Chef.

Pati Jinich

First Episode of “Pati’s Mexican Table” Released

April 2, 2011

On April 2, 2011, Pati’s Mexican Table premiered on television. The national public television series features Mexican chef Pati Jinich sharing authentic Mexican cooking. Each season, Jinich explores a different region of Mexico, taking the viewer along on her culinary journey.

Fritzie Fritzshall Headshot
April 26, 2022

A Tale of Kindness and Survival

Marissa Wojcik

The women in Auschwitz helped Fritzie survive. She repaid them by telling their stories.

Topics: Holocaust, Recipes
Collage of old photo of author's grandmother and her brisket recipe in a frame
April 7, 2022

A Recipe That Defies Time—Just Like Passover Itself

Savoy Curry

The ingredients are simple, but the connections to my family and to Jewish history run deep.

Topics: Recipes, Passover, Jewish History, Motherhood
Savoy Curry holding Orecchie di Amon in each hand
March 15, 2022

This Purim, Make Foods That Celebrate Your Unique Cultural Heritage

Savoy Curry

With the holidays falling on the same day this year, I’m celebrating my Irish-Jewish heritage.

Topics: Recipes, Purim
Photo of writer's grandmother as a child on left; grandmother and writer on right
December 23, 2021

My Jewish Grandma’s Christmas Pierogis

Marissa Wojcik

With each handcrafted pierogi, my grandma honors her husband's traditions while holding on to her strong Jewish identity. 

Topics: Recipes, Food Writing, Marriage, Ritual, World War II
Passover-Themed Collage Featuring Matzah and Decorative Bowl
December 17, 2021

My Charoset Bowl: From Female Ancestors, to My Mom, to Me

Mira Eras

Mira Eras describes how a charoset bowl passed through generations of women in her family keeps her feeling connected to her mother's love for holiday traditions.

Topics: Feminism, Food, Passover
Savoy Curry Making Cholent
November 18, 2021

Love Your Crockpot? You Have Cholent to Thank for its Existence.

Savoy Curry

Without cholent, the crockpot might never have been invented.

Topics: Recipes, Food Writing, Ritual, Feminism
Collage of Photos from Lucy Waldorf's Internship at Adamah
November 12, 2021

Growing My Identity and My Feminism Through Jewish Farming

Lucy Waldorf

The new movement of Jewish agricultural and regenerative farming has been at the center of my identity development.

Topics: Community Organizing, Jewish Education, Food
Molly Yeh and Marissa Wojcik
November 11, 2021

How a Celebrity Chef Helped Me Connect with My Mixed Heritage

Marissa Wojcik

Celebrity chef Molly Yeh inspired me to share my Jewish fusion recipes with the world.

Topics: Food Writing, Holocaust, Television, Religion
Place setting with "&"-Themed Placemat
September 14, 2021

Breaking the Fast: Why I’m Choosing to Eat this Yom Kippur

Larisa Klebe

Not fasting on Yom Kippur can be rooted in a need to atone too.

Topics: Food, Yom Kippur
Samovar
July 8, 2021

My Samovar: A Connection to Soviet Jewry

Beth Dwoskin

A family samovar passed down through the generations is a connection to a Russian Jewish past.

Topics: Food, Jewish History
Joan Nathan

Joan Nathan

Award-winning journalist and cookbook author Joan Nathan is a transformative figure in documenting and exploring the evolving Jewish experience both in America and around the globe through the powerful lens of food. A long-standing contributing writer to The New York Times and Tablet Magazine, Nathan is the author of eleven books, as well as hundreds of articles, podcasts, interviews, and public presentations about Jewish, global, and American foodways. 

Folio leaf from a 1320s Sephardi Golden Haggadah with four miniature paintings depicting scenes from the Book of Exodus, set against gold-tooled backgrounds

Sephardic Food

Sephardic food tells the story of the Iberian Jewish community from its roots in ancient Spain and Portugal through the community’s expulsion in 1492 and subsequent global diaspora. Sephardic women acted as the main interpreters and preservers of the community’s culinary repertoire.

Woman cooking with a background of food and cooking utensils
March 4, 2021

The Politics of Holiday Preparation

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

The execution of holidays—and ritual more broadly—is political.

Topics: Food
Niki Russ Federman smiling, seated with legs crossed on a white bench in front of a white textured wall

Niki Russ Federman

Niki Russ Federman is the fourth-generation co-owner of Russ & Daughters, the iconic appetizing shop founded in 1914 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan by her great-grandfather, Joel Russ. Known globally for its bagels, lox, babkas, and other Ashkenazi Jewish food delicacies, Russ & Daughters is believed to be the first business in America to include daughters in the name. As the fourth generation to own Russ & Daughters, Russ Federman has overseen its expansion while retaining an authentic legacy of Jewish food.

Victory Garden Poster, 1941-45 (crop)
July 21, 2020

Seeds of Sustenance: Pandemic Victory Gardens

Julie Zuckerman

Like during World War I and II, many of us have turned to gardening for comfort and control during the pandemic.

Topics: Food, World War II
Close up image of a cow
July 8, 2020

Progressive vs. Passive: Why Being Uninformed is the Last Straw

Hannah Landau

It’s our responsibility to be informed consumers; livestock are responsible for 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Topics: Activism, Food
Emily Axelrod’s homemade cheese bourekas
June 25, 2020

Reclaiming the Kitchen as a Jewish, Feminist Space

Emily Axelrod

Two of JWA's Rising Voices alumnae reclaim the kitchen through cooking traditional Jewish dishes.

Topics: Food Writing, Recipes
Stuffed Grape Leaves
April 30, 2020

On Rolling Grape Leaves

Maddie Solomon

Traditions live on in places and foods, which have the unique ability to root people in their heritage.

Topics: Family, Food
Black and white cookies
November 26, 2019

Black and White: The Perfect Cookie

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

Sure you've had black and white cookies, but have you made them?

Topics: Food Writing
Close-up of a parsley plant.
November 18, 2019

Parsing the Meaning of Parsley

Ella Plotkin-Oren

Parsley reminds me of my Judaism.

Topics: Activism, Food, Passover
Old page with Yiddish and vegetable imagery
October 31, 2019

Not Just Potatoes: Legacies of Yiddish Vegetarianism

Sophie Hurwitz

In the early 1900s, a surprising movement emerged in the Yiddish-speaking Jewish diaspora: radical vegetarianism.

Topics: Food
Field in Austin, Texas
May 30, 2019

How Will Your Jewish Mother Feed You on a Starving Planet?

Sophie Hurwitz

Food justice is a feminist issue, and a Jewish one.

Topics: Activism, Food
Flourless Chocolate Cake
April 17, 2019

How to Pull Off Passover

Justine Orlovsky-Schnitzler

A first-time Seder host shares her journey to prep for Passover, and a recipe for flourless chocolate cake with ganache.

Topics: Recipes, Passover

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