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An Intimate New Year's Feast for Four

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Linda Morel, JE Feature

On New Year's Eve, I don't enjoy chic parties or fancy restaurants, although for decades I wouldn't admit to it. At parties, most people try too hard to have fun. Restaurants are overcrowded, and tend to charge twice as much that one evening for the same food and drinks they serve during the rest of the year. For that reason,...

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Break for Brunch

Best of all, you don't even have to leave the house!

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Keri Fisher, JE Feature

This time of year is always hectic -- from Chanukah shopping to holiday parties, it feels like we spend the entire month of December running from place to place. So why not take a break this weekend, spend the morning in your pajamas and enjoy a delicious brunch with your family? This brunch begins, as any good...

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Life After Latkes (At Least, for Some)

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Louise Fiszer, JE Feature

Confessions of a latke lover: There was a time that whenever we added a candle to the menorah during Chanukah, my secret yearning loomed large and lasciviously -- the desire to have hot, fresh, crisp latkes on my plate at the same time that everyone at the table has theirs. Sometimes, I would imagine my aspiring latke consumers refusing their...

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On Olives, Olive Oil and Chanukah

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Rivka Tal, JE Feature

Sizzling latkes, jelly-filled doughnuts, beignets, fritters, crullers -- the tantalizing frying fragrance of Chanukah is in the air! Almost everyone knows the story of the High Priest finding a small cruet of olive oil to light the Temple menorah -- that tiny jug that wound up lasting for eight days. To commemorate the miracles of "the few over the many,"...

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Anointing Your Meal With Oil

This time of year, cook like an Israeli

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Ethel Hofman, JE Feature

Each time I visit Israel, which is often, I discover new places and can indulge in the bountiful variety of Middle Eastern foods. My absolute favorites? The Mezze, a dozen or more little appetizers. These little dishes of sweet and savory vegetables, salads and marinated fishes are served as soon as diners sit down and before the main course is...