by Geila Bernstein
Cook’s Note: When I have a large crowd, I double the recipe and bake this is in an oven like a kugel at 350 degrees for about 20-25 minutes.
For the Brei:
Ingredients:
4 sheets of matzoh broken into pieces
4 large eggs
¼ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Butter or oil for frying
For the Apples:
5 Granny Smith apples, peeled […]

by Faye Levy
Pistachios and pomegranate juice make Persian haroset unique and unlike most other kinds of haroset, it contains bananas, too. This haroset is based on a recipe from Nilu Saadian, whom I often met at the Chabad of Woodland Hills. She buys a special haroset spice blend at Persian kosher stores, but I add […]

by Levana Kirschenbaum
Ingredients
8 serving pieces of chicken (16 pieces total, including leg,s thigh, half breasts—with the skin on)
4 Macintosh apples, peeled and cut in wedges
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 large onion, chopped
2 leeks, white parts only, chopped
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 bottle hard cider
2 cinnamon sticks
Freshly ground pepper to taste
3 tablespoons Calvados or Slivovitz
Directions:

Brown the chicken […]