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Happy Hanukkah
12 hours ago ago from CathApol
Last Friday began the celebration of Hanukkah, so we're 5 days in at this point. This is not a Christian holiday, and not one of extreme significance to Jews - but it does give them an opportunity of celebration during the season of Advent/Christmass for Christians and has thus gained in popularity in recent generations. I felt it may be interesting and even helpful to share some of the meanings and traditions the Jews celebrate during this ...
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22 hours ago ago from What's For Dinner?
Do any of you know the Hanukkah story? Did you know there IS a Hanukkah story? It's one of my favorites In the tradition of Cliff's Notes and Reader's Diges t, here's the short version: Way back when, there was a group of soldiers in Israel called the Maccabees. When the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed, the Maccabees went back to the site to rededicate the altar with the eternal light (an oil lamp that continuously burns) and ...
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17 hours ago ago from Giora's Kosher Food Blog
Search All Results Recipes Only Kosher Food Home Food & Drink Kosher Food Email Kosher Food Basics Favorite Recipes Holiday Cooking Free Kosher Food Newsletter! Sign Up Discuss in my Forum Giora's Kosher Food Blog By Giora Shimoni , About.com Guide to Kosher Food My Bio My Blog My Forum Add to: iGoogle My Yahoo! RSS Best Latkes Recipes Tuesday December 15, 2009 Fried Potato Pancakes, called ...
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16 hours ago ago from Tracing the Tribe: The Jewish Genealogy Blog
While latkes are often considered to be a staple of Chanukah, European Jews had never even seen potatoes - that "New World" crop - until the late 16th century. In fact, food columnist and author Matthew Goodman says latkes and other potato dishes weren't popular in the Russian Empire until the mid-19th century, as the vegetable was rumored to be a carrier of typhoid and leprosy. It wasn't until the failures of other common grains that ...
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10 hours ago ago from The Maiden Metallurgist
My favorite thing about Hanukkah has got the be the food. And the presents. And the fact that there are 8 days of food and presents. I love the stories behind traditional foods- and the nice thing about Hanukkah is that several recipes are fried in oil to symbolize the burning oil lamps that should have only lasted one day, but miraculously lasted eight days. Alas, even I can't eat fried food eight days in a row. ...
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