Passover

Top 3 Weekend Events: Passover Cooking Class, 4-Course Dinner Seder at Jar

Passover Cooking Class Meal and a Spiel private cooking school founder Elana Horwich will teach a class on Passover seder classics inspired by her bubbie, or grandmother in Yiddish. The menu designed for the class: Moscato spice haroset, "Best Brisket Ever" with potatoes, matzo ball soup, and an oli ... More >>

Testing Matzo Ball Mixes: Whole Wheat Onion Soup, Potato Dumpling Whole Grain

Nothing says Passover like a bowl of homemade chicken soup with matzo balls. For the seder feasts, that's the way to go. But what about lunch on, say, day four of the week-long holiday? By that time, the idea of yet another matzo sandwich starts to get old. We wondered if some of the fresh spins on ... More >>

Betty [Crocker] Goes Vegan! The Cookbook "Her" Recipe For Vegan Bisquick

What happens when Betty Goes Vegan? Pull out the Aqua Net and your best pair of Silver Lake stilettos. Brooklyn-based authors Annie and Dan Shannon are serving up vegan bacon cheeseburger hash, Greek sliders (with vegan ground beef), "faux cassoulet" (beans, vegan beef broth, Tofurky sausages), spin ... More >>

Passover Pizza: Matzah Pizza from Fresh Brothers

For people who have been observing Passover since Friday night, right about now you might be experiencing signs of pizza withdrawal. Fear not. Fresh Brothers Pizza has a fix for you --- a special matzah pizza, available until the holiday ends Saturday night. (We'll digress for a moment to note how m ... More >>

A Recipe From the Chef: Marcy Goldman's Incredible Passover Rolls

Why is this holiday different from all other holidays? For starters, you eat a lot of matzo. Passover, which begins tonight with the first seder or holiday feast, commemorates the exodus of the ancient Israelites from Egypt, after they were freed from slavery. According to tradition, they were forc ... More >>

The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

You can't replace the feeling of lounging on the couch with a scrunched-up newspaper. But with the web, at least you don't need to worry about getting ink on your hands and bagel. Here's a roundup of some food-related stories from our country's newspapers this week. Lucky for us, it's mostly free. F ... More >>

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Scott Svonkin, Candidate for Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees, Gets Gift: Frontiers Forgets to Fact Check

Kyle T. WebsterScott Svonkin going off. Nothing new.​Scott Svonkin, San Gabriel Unified School District Board member, is running for the powerful L. A. Community College District Board. Thanks to major Democratic backing and union campaign contributions, Svonkin is the strong favorite. In r ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

High Holidays: 10 Celebrities Likely to Be Celebrating Both 420 and Passover This Year

​Two very special holidays for the peoples of Los Angeles happen to fall on the same Hump Day this year: 4/20 and Passover, Day 2. One is a silly excuse to dabble in unmentionables (which a certain High Times editor claims "points us in a direction for the responsible use of cannabis") and the ... More >>

A Passover Cocktail Recipe: The Sangria Haroset

Photo courtesy Rosa Mexicano.A traditional Passover food takes many forms, including the Sangria Haroset.​ Charoset -- also spelled haroset, charoses, haroses, charoseth and so on, depending on your phonetic preference -- comes in many forms and textures. Some traditions cook and pulverize dri ... More >>

The Best in Restaurant Signage: Doheny Kosher Meat Market

Celia SoudryDoheny Kosher disclaimer​It was 5 p.m. at Doheny Kosher Meat Market on a Sunday night. We came in through the back door past a "No Admittance - Employees Only" sign. We felt like Lorraine Bracco entering the Copa Cabana for the first time in Goodfellas. There were about ten men bea ... More >>

Passover Roundup: 8 Ways to Celebrate Pesach in a Restaurant

J. RitzTraditional Venetian sweet-and-sour Pesce in carpione at Angeli Caffe. ​ Los Angeles chefs and restaurants approach Passover with respect for tradition, while applying their own unconventional and unexpected touches. There will be plenty of matzo ball soup. And then there will be Thai-s ... More >>

The Thursday Edition: A Roundup of Newspaper Food Stories

Flickr/dubh​ What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections mid-week. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is free), it's where most of ... More >>

Ron Hirsch, Synagogue Explosion Suspect, on a Greyhound to New York

Santa Monica Police DepartmentRon Hirsch is suspected of trying to blow a hole in the Chabad House​Update: Santa Monica police say they nabbed the suspect last night in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, where he was lurking near another synagogue. More after the jump. The homeless man suspected of pla ... More >>

Passover Dessert Tasting

The Dessert Architect: Passover Desserts at the Skirball

Robert WemischnerPistachio Citrus Torte​ Now that everyone's a food critic, creating a dessert worthy of a Passover feast can get extra challenging. The Jewish holiday meal requires cooks to adhere to a shortened list of kosher ingredients, which excludes leavening or any grain that can fermen ... More >>

Top 5 Matzo Ball Soups in Los Angeles

J. RitzNate 'n Al​ Matzo ball soup is a comfort food with a relatively simple taxonomy. Camps are mostly divided along the lines of sinkers vs. floaters, clean broth vs. noodles/crackers/carrots/etc. Opinions range and styles vary, and a perusal of the literature by authorities such as Claudia ... More >>

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Passover Planner: Restaurant Seders Around Town

Photo: J. RitzEvan Kleiman's matzo ball soup at Angeli.​ The two nights of Passover seder 5770 fall on Monday, March 29 and Tuesday, March 30. Our local, trusty, sophisticated Passover mavens honor the broad Jewish culinary diaspora while hewing to some familiar traditions as well. Bottom lin ... More >>

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