Cindy Gershen, who runs a healthy-food program at a Concord high school that serves low-income families, was walking with friends in the East Bay some months ago and talking about how poorly her students and their families were faring during the pandemic. Her description of their predicament stopped her friends “in their tracks.” “These kids…
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Small Bites
Solomon’s Deli does drag; Schlok’s Bagels goes brick-and-mortar; etc.
Schlok’s Bagels, a pandemic-born pop-up available weekends at the Snug eatery in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights, announced on Instagram that its life as…
Recipe
Hungary? Try this Instant Pot Chicken Paprikash
Try this gluten-free, nondairy recipe for Hungarian chicken paprikash from the recently released “The Instant Pot Kosher Cookbook” by Paula Shoyer. The…
Organic Epicure
All-kosher ‘Food Oasis’ on the horizon at Palo Alto JCC
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Ever since Earl Hartman started keeping kosher and “frummed out,” as he…
Small Bites
The demise of Burgerim's bold Bay Area plans
Food coverage is supported by a generous donation from Susan and Moses Libitzky. Though it happened last year, we only recently learned that Mike and…
Recipe
Potato crust is the solution to your Passover pizza problem
I fed my pizza-loving sons many different Passover versions of their favorite dish, but never really found one that really satisfied. With this…
Organic Epicure
Local restaurants, caterers have Passover at the ready
With most of us likely celebrating our second Passover without our extended family and friends due to the pandemic, here’s some cheer: Plenty of local…
Recipe
A Passover menu with Turkish Jewish influences
For Passover seders this year, I’m taking inspiration from Turkish Jewish flavors. This recipe for salmon with rhubarb evolved from a Turkish Pesach fish…
Film
Documentary on Israeli wine turns sour on kosher issue
If you want to see a fabulous exposé on modern-day winemaking in Israel, you need go no further than “Holy Wine,” which will be streaming in this year’s…