As much as food writer and recipe developer Emily Paster loves sweet hamantaschen, she enjoys taking a broader view of Purim foods. The perfect example is her savory beef hamantaschen. “They are a bit ...

The word “hamantaschen” typically evokes memories of triangular pastries — the shape of Haman’s hat — filled with a variety of fruit toppings. However, there is more you can do to jazz up the food ...

As a kid in my mother’s house, I’d use a drinking glass to cut out my rounds of dough for hamantaschen, those triangular Jewish cookies made for the holiday of Purim. Dipping the rim in flour, it was ...

A Jewish educator reflects on the Purim cookie she used to make with her mother, who has been diagnosed with aphasia. (JTA) — My mother always loved to cook and bake, but I was never welcome in the ...

Purim is the most festive of Jewish holidays: a time of prizes, noisemakers, costumes and treats. The Festival of Purim commemorates a major victory over oppression and is recounted in the Old ...

1) Make the dough: Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a large mixing bowl and stir to blend well. 2) In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment (or, if you ...

“It takes a village,” volunteer David Kahn said. The email subject line was intriguing: “Making 1000 hamantashen.” Making one thousand of anything sounds like a daunting task, but these ...

(JTA) — My mother always loved to cook and bake, but I was never welcome in the kitchen. Not every night before dinner, not before Shabbat when she made challah every week, and not in the leadup to ...