Liza Schoenfein

Jun 12, 2024 | thejewishnews.com | Liza Schoenfein

This article originally appeared in The Forward. Yesterday I made farmer’s cheese for the very first time, an old-school task so simple and so satisfying that I wonder why I never attempted it before. I found the method in The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods, by Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz, along with a recipe for cheesecake that calls for a mixture of farmer’s cheese, cream cheese and sour cream. Cholesterol be damned, I made that too.

May 24, 2024 | stljewishlight.org | Liza Schoenfein

Published May 24, 2024 Yesterday I made farmer’s cheese for the very first time, an old-school task so simple and so satisfying that I wonder why I never attempted it before. I found the method in The Gefilte Manifesto: New Recipes for Old World Jewish Foods, by Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz, along with a recipe for cheesecake that calls for a mixture of farmer’s cheese, cream cheese and sour cream. Cholesterol be damned, I made that too.

Apr 11, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Liza Schoenfein

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Apr 11, 2024 | forward.com | Liza Schoenfein

2 hours 30 minutes Total TimeConsidering its prosaic nature, the ordinary onion certainly garners its share of poetic prose. Take this line from Mark Kurlansky's new book-length ode to the allium, The Core of an Onion : "The onion is an extraordinary lily, certainly more talented than other lilies." Honeyed language indeed for a vegetable that will make you cry. He continues: "Lilies generally do not know how to defend themselves.

Dec 7, 2023 | forward.com | Liza Schoenfein

There are precious few Hollywood stars willing to use their built-in bullhorns to express horror over the actions of Hamas and articulate the experience of American Jews who have been besieged since Oct. 7 with anti-Israel sentiment and antisemitism. Because despite the trope that the Jews run Hollywood, speaking out on this topic is a frigging minefield (even there!), and making controversial political statements is a fantastic way to limit future employment opportunities.