Most people know challah — a Jewish egg bread — as a braided loaf. But truth is, it can take on a variety of shapes. At Rosh Hashana, which starts Thursday, it often is formed into a spiral, which is ...
Chefs, I once presumed, stood mid-kitchen, gazed at the ceiling and pronounced: rich, egg-bolstered bread! Then produced a perfect loaf. Perhaps some are struck by ...
Most people do not pull out flour and yeast to bake dinner rolls the day after Thanksgiving. But I had a visiting mother who likes fresh challah for Friday night Sabbath and a son who had requested ...
In my decades as a congregational rabbi, I always knew it was time to order our challot for the season the moment I started drafting my five High Holiday sermons. I knew that there would be no time to ...
The braided egg bread known as challah is a staple in Jewish homes during Shabbat. But challah, like contemporary Israeli cuisine in general, is having a moment in the culinary world, where bakers are ...
With Rosh Hashanah approaching, Jewish cooks everywhere are cutting and chopping, searing and sauteing. And towering over our festive holiday spread stands the majestic spiral challah, the centerpiece ...
The braided egg bread known as challah is a staple in Jewish homes during Shabbat. But challah, like contemporary Israeli cuisine in general, is having a moment in the culinary world, where bakers are ...