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Rosa Parks’ Peanut Butter Pancakes
Learn to make Rosa Parks’ Featherlite Peanut Butter Pancakes with this vintage recipe and step-by-step photos. Kosher, Dairy, Vegetarian. Read More
Thai-Style Coconut Chicken Soup
Recipe for Thai-Style Coconut Chicken Soup – tastes like spicy Tom Kha Gai, with everyday kosher ingredients you can find anywhere. Kosher, meat. Read More
Smoky Roasted Cauliflower
How to roast cauliflower with smoked paprika, olive oil, and salt. Easy, tasty recipe. Healthy, gluten free, dairy free, vegan, kosher, pareve. Read More
Cheesy Roasted Jalapeño Fondue
Learn how to make a perfect cheese fondue, then try my recipe for fondue with roasted jalapeños, cheddar, pepper jack and smoked paprika. Read More
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Challah French Toast
Learn to make fluffy restaurant-quality Challah French Toast with milk, banana, cinnamon, vanilla, sugar, & optional liqueur. Kosher, Dairy. Read More
Marha Pörkölt – Hungarian Beef Paprika Stew
Learn to make traditional Jewish Hungarian Beef Stew with paprika, green bell peppers and tomato. Goulash, one pot meal, kosher, meat Read More
President’s Day Recipes and Cooking Video
Tori Avey, The Shiksa in the Kitchen, cooks historical recipes for President’s Day on ABC 7Live. Recipes for Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson. Read More
What Thomas Jefferson Ate: Marinated Asparagus
Historical recipe from the City Tavern Cookbook. Asparagus dressed in the French way with olive oil, red wine vinegar, hard cooked egg, capers, fresh thyme, parsley. Read More
What Thomas Jefferson Ate: White Bean Soup
Learn a colonial recipe from Thomas Jefferson’s family at Monticello for White Bean Soup. Vegetarian, healthy, delicious historical recipe. Read More
What Abraham Lincoln Ate: Apple Bread Pudding
Recipe for Apple Bread Pudding with Cream Sauce from Mary Todd Lincoln’s favorite cookbook, Miss Leslie’s Complete Cookery. Celebrate President’s Day and Lincoln’s birthday with this simple baked dessert. Read More
Garden Vegetable Medley
Vegetarian or vegan recipe featuring zucchini, beans, tomatoes, onion, garlic, herbs and rice. Complete protein, one pot meal. Pareve. Read More
Hershey’s Chocolate Kiss Cakelets
Read about the history of Hershey Chocolate Company and Milton Hershey, then learn a recipe for Chocolate Kiss Cakelets – soft cake-like cookies with vanilla buttercream frosting and chocolate kisses. Kosher, Dairy. Read More
Tu B’Shevat Salad & Pomegranate Dressing
Recipe for Tu B’Shevat Salad with butter lettuce, apples, pears, raisins, pomegranate seeds, almonds, and creamy homemade pomegranate dressing. Read More
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Molasses Cookies
Learn a delicious old-fashioned recipe for Molasses Cookies from Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the Little House book series. Read More
Rosa Parks’ Peanut Butter Pancakes
Learn to make Rosa Parks’ Featherlite Peanut Butter Pancakes with this vintage recipe and step-by-step photos. Kosher, Dairy, Vegetarian. Read More
Aunt Carol’s Spinach Dip
Recipe for Aunt Carol’s Spinach Dip. Delicious, creamy appetizer with sourdough bread for dipping. Perfect for parties, potlucks. Kosher, Dairy. Read More
Lemony Saffron Couscous
Recipe for Lemony Saffron Couscous, a savory side dish with lemon, chickpeas, pine nuts and cilantro. Kosher, Meat or Pareve, Vegan option. Read More
Chicken Catch Me
Learn to make Italian Chicken Cacciatore in this easy recipe with tomato sauce, peppers, mushrooms, basil, and flavorful herbs. Healthy, Kosher, Meat. Read More
Persian Dill and Lima Bean Rice
Recipe for Persian Dill and Lima Bean Basmati Rice with crispy tahdig. Kosher, Pareve, Healthy, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten Free, Dairy Free. Read More
Chinese Sweet and Sour Chicken
Delicious Chinese-American style recipe adapted from The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook by Jaden Hair. Kosher, Meat, Gluten Free, Easy, Healthy. Read More
Thai-Style Coconut Chicken Soup
Recipe for Thai-Style Coconut Chicken Soup – tastes like spicy Tom Kha Gai, with everyday kosher ingredients you can find anywhere. Kosher, meat. Read More
Crunchy Sweet Broccoli Craisin Salad
Recipe for Crunchy Sweet Broccoli Craisin Salad– a simple, healthy, delicious make-ahead side dish. Vegetarian, Pareve. Read More
The Golden Girls Cheesecake
Recipe for The Golden Girls Cheesecake. Celebrate Betty White’s birthday with Sophia Petrillo’s Double Fudge Amaretto Ricotta Cheesecake. Read More
Elvis Presley’s Sunday Meatloaf
Make Elvis Presley’s Sunday Meatloaf, a recipe from the Presley Family Cookbook, and learn about the King’s Jewish ancestry. Kosher, Meat. Read More

