Think chocolate babka for Chanukah. Of course, a great Chanukah gift. Or, how about a babka for each night of the festival? A group of chocolate babka gluttons gathered for a chocolate babka tasting ...
I love that babka translates to “little grandma” in Yiddish, because the sweet braided bread — with swirls of filling reminiscent of Bubbe’s pleated skirt — is always as comforting as one. My ...
OK, baking fans, we have a real project for you if you're up for the challenge. Set aside your basic banana bread, because it's time to move on to a recipe for the patient pros. Yes, patient, because ...
This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher. If babka is the hip Jewish treat du jour, then kokosh cake is its slightly homelier cousin of yesteryear. But don’t let that description turn you off ...
It was Israel in the 1970’s. I was nine years old and we were visiting my maternal grandparents, as well as my many aunts and uncles that had made Aliyah from Morocco in the 1950’s. Sitting in the ...
This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher. If babka is the hip Jewish treat du jour, then kokosh cake is its slightly homelier cousin of yesteryear. But don’t let that description turn you off ...
Unlike secular New Year's Eve—a night of countdowns and staying up late drinking—the Jewish New Year, otherwise known as Rosh Hashanah, is admittedly a bit more solemn. Similar to other Jewish ...
CHICAGO -- Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood is home to a one-of-a-kind bakery that braids together its founders' Mexican and Jewish heritages. It all started with sourdough. The bakery's name is "Masa ...