For the past several years, my family and I have been taking a different approach to haroset. We're Ashkenazi Jews to the core, but these days we prefer our haroset Sephardic style. More

Shanah Tovah from all of us here at SE headquarters! We wanted to celebrate the Jewish New Year starting on Wednesday at sundown the SE way, with recipes from our go-to sources for Jewish holiday cooking, Joan Nathan and Arthur "The Food Maven" Schwartz. Make the coming year a sweet one by snacking on apples dipped in honey. What's on your Rosh Hashanah menu this year? The traditional menu, or are you adding a new spin? More

Here are some last-minute recipes for those chowing down at Seder tonight, or for any Passover meal during the next eight days. We've pulled out the brisket, matzo brei, Passover-friendly quinoa (when you're getting sick of all the potatoes!), flourless cakes and more from our favorite Jewish recipe authorities, including Arthur Schwartz, Joan Nathan, and Ed's wife Vicky who even pulled out the family heirloom recipes—on index cards!—for this. And the best way to wash down all that matzo? Kosher coke, of course. More

The seder meal doesn't need to be a bland affair of worn-out recipes. My secret? Be conservative with what you change, but let those changes be dramatic. Nothing can change so much with so little as spices, a surefire way to spruce up tired traditional meals. More

Tonight at sundown Hanukkah begins, which means a whole lot of latkes will be fried in the next week. Ed hosted his latke-frying party for family last weekend (right after Thanksgiving, now that's impressive). The sizzling oil represents the oil used to light the menorah. Fried food lovers: this is your favorite Jewish holiday. Just beware of your hair and coats—they might be latke-scented for a bit. Here is a roundup of our favorite recipes, including some non-deep-fried foods like brisket and homemade chocolate gelt. More

The Passover tradition uses food as the ultimate metaphor to tell a story from generation to generation. Whether or not you're Jewish, test your knowledge on the Seder meal here. Take the quiz! » More

As you sit down to Passover Seder tonight and continue to observe the holiday this week, here's a roundup of our 10 favorite recipes, including all the classics like matzo ball soup, charoset, kugel, brisket, apple cake, and more. More

With Passover less than a week away, it's time to start talking matzo. (Or matzoh, matza, or matzah.) The unleavened, cracker-like sheets are fun to munch on the first night of Seder (which falls on Monday, March 29, this year), but after a few days into the holiday, you need to change things up. Matzagna anyone? More