While most of you will have had your turkey feast by the time you’re reading this, I’m writing this on the Monday before Thanksgiving, so bare with me. Although I catered a big … more

The first bite of a Nomoo Ginger Slap cookie packs a perfectly spiced punch and leaves you craving more. That’s exactly what the new Bucks County-based cookie company was hoping for and the … more

Last week I was blessed with my seventh step grandchild. My husband Jerry’s son Yoni and Yoni’s beautiful wife Esther welcomed their third child, a baby boy. They made aliyah to Efrat … more

When I think back to my childhood, it goes something like this: First I think of my Barbie doll and the black vinyl case filled to the brim with clothes and accessories, which make me think of … more

Although food is my business, and I take it pretty seriously, when I’m out with my husband Jerry and friends on a Saturday night, I usually order the same thing. Toasted English muffin or … more

How many of you have said that you would not eat for a week because you were so stuffed from six meals over the three day Rosh Hashanah holiday? What about after the first days of Sukkot? more

I was going to write this week’s column about Sukkot, but my plans were derailed on Yom Kipper. more

I had ambivalent feelings writing a baseball article about Derek Jeter right before Yom Kippur. I wondered if it was somewhat sacrilegious to address mundane topics such as sports during this … more

For the last few weeks the exchanges have been the same —”Shanna Tova” (“have a happy and healthy new year”) or my favorite, “gut g’benched yur,” as my grandparents used to say. They were very good at “vinching oon” (“wishing upon you” as in “vinching oon a gut, g’benched yur.” Not many people I know use that last phrase, but one who did was my husband’s parrot. more

With the expansion of kosher megastores in heavily Jewish neighborhoods throughout metropolitan New York coinciding with the demise of small haimishe bakeries, butchers and grocery stores, at least one small kosher shop is swimming against the tide on Long Island’s South Shore. more