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28 Nostalgic Jewish Desserts Straight From Bubbe's Recipe Box

2 days ago | myjewishlearning.com | Rachel Myerson |Caleb Guedes-Reed

On many peoples’ bookshelves sits a small, worn, three-ring binder filled with recipe cards covered in faded cursive handwriting and smudges of butter, sugar and coffee rings. These bare-bones instructions and ingredient lists hold the steps to recreating some of our families’ most beloved recipes.
7 Summery Jewish Recipes to Make This June

1 month ago | myjewishlearning.com | Rachel Myerson

With summer around the corner, we want to be outdoors enjoying the warm weather as much as we possibly can. The grill is out, awaiting a spatchcock chicken with a fabulously garlicky sauce, or a whole eggplant for the smokiest, meltiest baba ganoush.
We Want Your Best High Holiday Recipes

1 month ago | myjewishlearning.com | Rachel Myerson

Yes, yes, the High Holidays are monthsaway, but here at The Nosher, we start thinking about Rosh Hashanah as soon as we’ve wiped the final matzah crumbs off our kitchen countertops. And this year, our early planning means you’re in for a treat.
The Israeli Cheese Guide

1 month ago | myjewishlearning.com | Rachel Myerson |Ruthie Edelstein

The classic Israeli breakfast includes a full smorgasbord of cheeses with options to dip, spread, crumble, toss or simply pick up with your fingers and place into your mouth. If you’ve ever had an Israeli breakfast, whether it be on a kibbutz, in a cafe or at a hotel, you’ve probably been served Israeli cheese. Archaeological sites going back to 7,000 BCE show that the domestication of sheep and goats could have led to the development of the land’s first cheeses.
7 Jewish Recipes to Bake Your Way Into May

1 month ago | myjewishlearning.com | Rachel Myerson

Spring is in the air, and this month we’re leaning into fresh, fruity flavors, like guava rugelach and Ukranian cherry dumplings topped with a dollop of sour cream. Israeli Independence Day and Memorial Day signal the start of grilling season, and you’re going to need a carb-y companion for your hamburgers or kebabs, be it shiny challah pretzel buns or the perfect pita recipe.
These Kosher-for-Passover Edibles Are So Much Better Than Fruit Jelly Slices

2 months ago | myjewishlearning.com | Evelyn Frick

Why is this Passover different from all other Passovers? That’s easy: This year, Jews can swap out the fruit jelly slices for weed gummies. Tokin’ Chews, the latest venture from the people behind Jewish cannabis brand Tokin’ Jew, just released fruit-flavored edibles in time for Passover.
Classic Ashkenazi Haroset Recipe with Apples and Walnuts

2 months ago | myjewishlearning.com | Sonya Sanford

Haroset is a fruit paste that’s an essential component of the Passover seder symbolizing the mortar used by the enslaved Israelites in Egypt. Across the diaspora, you’ll find variations of fruit combined with nuts soaked in wine on the seder table; often apples and walnuts are combined, almonds are popular and warming spices are frequently included.
This Nostalgic Passover Treat Deserves a Comeback

Mar 27, 2025 | myjewishlearning.com | Sonya Sanford

Sweet beet preserves might be a tough sell for contemporary eaters, but for many Ashkenazi Jews eingemacht elicits a wave of Passover nostalgia. Eingemacht is Yiddish for “preserves,” and is commonly associated with beetroot in particular, but it is also often made for Sukkot with etrog. Eingemacht can also be made with carrot, radish and a variety of fruits. While the origins of beet preserves for Pesach are unknown, beetroot has been preserved in sweet and savory ways for hundreds of years.
Make-Ahead Moroccan Meatballs Recipe

Mar 23, 2025 | myjewishlearning.com | Ronnie Fein

One of the worst meals I ever ate was when I was a kid and my Mom was sick so my dad decided to cook meatballs for dinner. He took a handful of chopped beef for each one, shaped them into small mountains, spread tomato paste on top, then broiled them to death. They were awful. He was a wonderful father but a dreadful cook. It didn’t turn me off meatballs, though, because how could it? Meatballs are special.
Peanut Butter Halvah Recipe

Mar 19, 2025 | myjewishlearning.com | Molly Yeh

As a longtime enthusiast of Middle Eastern-style halvah, my favorite halvah breakthrough came when I discovered that if you swap out the for peanut butter, you get a confection that tastes just like the inside of a Butterfinger, but slightly softer.