Organic Epicure
Firefly chef Brad Levy’s family food tales — and his 2019 Passover menu
Firefly chef-owner Brad Levy is the first to say his Reform Jewish upbringing in the St. Louis suburb University City (known by residents as “Jew City”)…
Passover
Passover is a time to practice empathy for ‘the stranger’ among us
The Passover seder is a brilliant teaching mechanism in which we not only retell the story of the Exodus but relive the story with ritual foods and…
Northern California
Live from Petaluma, Rabbi Ted is on the air
“Good morning, Petaluma.” Ted Feldman, the longtime rabbi at B’nai Israel Jewish Center, leans into the mic and continues. “This is ‘Talking with Rabbi…
Recipe
Make-ahead casserole packs stuffed cabbage flavor without stuffing
Yearning for stuffed cabbage for a Passover meal? Enjoy the flavors of the dish without having to actually stuff and roll it with this Unstuffed Cabbage…
Passover
4 families’ Passover foods from Iran, Iraq, Latvia — and the East Bay
If there are dishes more closely associated with Ashkenazi Passover cooking than matzah ball soup and gefilte fish, we can’t think of them. But as Jews…
First Person
The benefits of unplugging on Shabbat last all week
The reality for Jewish families today is that screens are our newest members. They sit at the dinner table. They go to sleep with us. We worry if we can’t…
Recipe
Herbal Matzah Balls and Balsamic Chicken: perfect for an intimate seder or a crowd
How many guests will sit around your seder table this year? Whether you’re hosting an intimate gathering or a whole crowd, these expandable recipes will…
Obituaries
Remembering Rob Gloster, 62, our treasured friend and colleague
Amid our grief in the J. office over the death this week of reporter Rob Gloster, the staff recognized an absurd irony: The guy who in life insisted on…
Organic Epicure
Delfina chef Craig Stoll shares secret of his family’s nutty matzah balls
Delfina’s Passover menus have been around for nearly as long as the 20-year-old San Francisco Mission District restaurant itself. Chef-owner Craig Stoll…