Vanilla is a paradox. One of the world’s most popular flavors is among the least studied.

And that’s why Oren Zilberman, CEO of the Israeli startup Vanilla Vida, sees the largely uncharted territory of the great bean as a “blue ocean opportunity.”

A sold-out crowd of 250 enjoyed food, wine and comradery at the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey’s Kosher Food Expo at Englewood’s Congregation Ahavath Torah on Monday, October 11. Restaurants and caterers from Bergen County and beyond set up tables to provide a delectable

Parshat Lech Lecha inspiration:

“But it occurred, with Abram’s coming to Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman (Sarai) was very beautiful. When the officials of Pharaoh saw her, they lauded her for Pharaoh and the woman was taken to Pharaoh’s house. And he treated Abram

When I think of ice cream, I think of Baskin Robbins, Ice Cream on Grand and Ben & Jerry’s (when I still ate it), but when I think of gelato, it reminds me of when I was in Italy, or more recently, Golda’s Gelato in Israel.

So I was excited to hear

Chocolate is anything but creepy. Except when Food Network teamed up with Hersheypark to host “Creepy-Crawly Carnival,” the first of four episodes in “Chocolate Meltdown: Hershey’s After Dark.” Three cake artists spent a night at Hersheypark in Pennsylvania, racing against the clock and each other to

Joan Nathan, Jewish cookbook author, once wrote in her “Jewish Holiday Cookbook”: Embalm it! The purpose, then, is to make a spice box for Havdala.

Make multiple perforations with a pointed, narrow tool. Insert hard, dry, whole cloves into the etrog, up to but not including the heads,

During this last challenging year, I started making a weekly Shabbat dessert with my kids. What started as simply a chinuch activity while making a delicious treat together turned out to be something that kept my family engaged in Torah conversations through the entire year. The inspiration for each week’s dessert is a pasuk from

It’s a bird … it’s a plane … no, it’s a kosher Super Tuscan!

Just as rare as Superman, in time for the Sukkot season is The River Wine’s first “Super Tuscan” wine, the Aura di Valerie Zaffiro 2019 Toscana IGT. This bold, bright, plummy red wine is soft,

Shara’s Stuffed Tomatoes

This is my daughter’s recipe.

• halved tomatoes
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 T. bread crumbs

Fig Clafouti

6 servings

Clafoutis are a wonderful quick and beautiful dessert to make with fruit. They originated in the 19th century in France and were traditionally made with cherries. This is adapted from a Food & Wine

Sukkot and Simchat Torah are defined as Zman Simchateinu, the time for rejoicing par excellence. As was probably repeated countless times in this column, the Gemara in Tractate Pesachim 109a says, “There is no joy without wine.” All in moderation, of course. The

For those who love the ubiquitous blue bottle, the sweet and slightly sparkling Bartenura Moscato D’Asti—and there are many of us—Rosh Hashanah and Sukkot would be a great time to branch into something no less sweet, but a little more fancy, fruity, balanced and fun. My tasting