Jewish Food & Recipes

From bagels and lox to latkes to pomegranates, Moment explores the wide variety of food, preparation and customs enjoyed and practiced by Jews around the world.

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We asked four of our favorite chefs to share their recipes for some fabulous holiday fare—plus an accompanying wine. ...
Hanukkah was really only about one thing when I was growing up. It wasn’t the presents—they were generally small and unexciting... ...
In the story of Hanukkah—the cruel reign of Antiochus, the unlikely victory of Mattathias and his sons, the one cruse of sacred oil left in the plundered Temple that burned for eight days—there is no mention of money. ...
Israel’s vibrant food scene has made this small Mediterranean country one of the most exciting culinary destinations in the world... ...
In Genesis, God granted humans dominion over animals. In modern times, that dominion has spawned one of the planet’s biggest threats: a livestock industry that spews greenhouse gases, guzzles resources and renders the lives of billions of animals brutish and short. Last August, vexed by the problem, a Dutch physiologist ...

by Ellen Sue Spicer-Jacobson One of my fondest childhood memories is going with my father and siblings to Kramer’s Bakery

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Recipes by Rachel Harkham As we found out while coming up with the Top 10 Jewish Foods for May’s Jewish-American Heritage

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Like most Jewish sub-groups, Bukharians, who lived for centuries in Central Asia, have an array of dishes they’ve carried with

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In the first edition of our new Friday recipe feature, cookbook author Jennifer Abadi brings us kibbeh m’Gerraz, or Syrian

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Charoset, that aromatic ensemble of fruits, nuts, spices and wine, may be the tastiest traditional food on the Seder plate,

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