Tag: food, shavuot
When Shavuot and American Cheese Month meet
Rocky Mountain JewMay 11, 2023
to the natural clash between the lunar and solar calendar, Shavuot can fall out either in May or June. Imagine our delight when we discovered that May is American Cheese...
Matt Preston’s classic cheesecake
Rocky Mountain JewMay 13, 2021
It’s just not Shavuot without a slice of cheesecake. We’ve tried in previous years to do down different dessert routes, and while we produced luscious, dairy treats...
The perfect cheesecake is kosher for Passover
Shana GoldbergMay 30, 2019
I seem to have landed on the perfect cheesecake recipe. Perfectly smooth, with nary even a hint of a crack on its glossy top. The catch? It’s a kosher-for-Passover...
Shavuot ice cream sandwiches
Shana GoldbergMay 25, 2017
The origin of eating cheesecake is rooted in the custom of celebrating dairy, but somehow the cheesecake itself has become the tradition. Bucking the trend, in recent...
When I went to the Wall at sunrise
Amy LedermanJun 09, 2016
first time I fully experienced the glorious holiday of Shavuot was a balmy June night in Jerusalem. Determined to celebrate the ritual of tikkun leil Shavuot (staying...
Reclaiming the ‘harvest’ aspect of Shavuot
Edmon J. Rodman, JTAJun 09, 2016
As we approach Shavuot, there’s a battle going on in our garden over who — or what — will get our first fruits. In ancient days in Israel, beginning at Shavuot...
Shavuot Southern style
Shana GoldbergJun 06, 2016
It’s funny where Google Suggest — combined with typos — can take you. One that always gets me is “cheesecake.” I mistype and suddenly I’m searching for...
Feast yourself this Shavuos on Ziegler’s Ruth
Hillel GoldbergMay 19, 2016
hold in my hands a remarkable work, Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy, by Yael Ziegler of Israel (Maggid, 2015). The biblical book (or “scroll”) of Ruth is a mere...
Shavuot cheese and non-cheese cake favorites
Rocky Mountain JewMay 14, 2015
We learned an important lesson last year during our Shavuot recipe testing: We’re purists. When it comes to cheesecake, we’re all about the cheese, not the...
Pumpkin cheesecake
Rocky Mountain JewJun 02, 2014
Success! Finally, after years of baking cheesecakes, we finally came up trumps with a crack-free variety! Oh, the joy, when we opened the oven door, after impatiently...
