In this first episode of “18 Jewish Foods,” I describe the method, idea, and scope of this podcast series. What is a Jewish Food? Why 18? And what can you expect moving forward? Episode Notes Links: The Taste of Jewish Culture Marci Heit – voiceover artist Rebbe Soul – theme music
Spring 2024 Updates
It has been some time since I’ve posted here, so I figured I should write this update post to both explain why, and tell you what is new around here. I’ve thankfully been very busy, and I hope that it will bring good things here and to you! I recently completed my fourth lecture tour in the States. It was […]
Winter 2024 Tour Schedule
I’m heading back to the States next week for a short winter lecture tour. Here is my basic schedule: Tuesday, February 27 – Hartford Sunday, March 3 – Manhattan Tuesday, March 5 – Baltimore Thursday, March 7 – Denver For complete details of topics, locations, times, and registration links, please check my events page. I hope to see many of […]
What is T’bit?
With the specific history of Jews in the Arab world, particularly in the latter half of the 20th century, but also over the preceding century, it is easy to overlook the fact that masses of Jews lived throughout the Middle East for millennia. This is of course reflected in the third major classification category of Jews, afer Ashkenazi and Sephardi: […]
Old Wine in New Barrels? (Podcasts)
Hey there! One of my hopes for the new year ahead is to expand into a new medium with the work I do. I am in the very early phases of planning to launch a podcast about Jewish Food History. And while I know that the phrase I used in the title of this post actually had negative connotations, I […]
From the Jewish Food Bookshelf: A Drizzle of Honey
Cookbooks are one of the great tools for studying food history, beyond providing you with instructions on how to prepare some awesome dishes. And now and then you come across a cookbook that stands apart as truly unique. A Drizzle of Honey, by David M. Gitlitz and Linda Kay Davidson is one such book. The husband and wife team of […]
2023: The Year in Jewish Food
Tradition… Tradition! My tradition here at The Taste of Jewish Culture is to write an annual post reviewing the past year’s developments in the world of Jewish Food. So on this final day of 2023, let’s look back at this year’s news… Some of the Stories To my view, the biggest Jewish story of the year has taken place over […]
What is Indian Jewish Food?
Did you know there are uniquely Jewish foods in India? Did you even know there were Indian Jews? (I hope so, though I’m sure that at least a few of you were unaware.) Indian Jewish Food is complex, so I want to write this new primer to give you a summary of what makes up the cuisine of the Jews […]
What Makes a Food Jewish? (My FED Talk)
Yes, you read that title right. Not TED Talk, but FED Talk. “FED Talks are like Jewish TED Talks, and since they’re Jewish, there is of course food! As they state on their website, FED: Like TED, but you get fed.” When I heard about this NYC-based program, I thought, “That’s right up my alley.” So I spoke with Deborah […]
Israelis Respond to War’s Pain With Food Love
In light of the horrific and ongoing pain and losses that Israel (and the Jewish people at large) endured over the past month, we are all trying our hardest to do what Jews have always done in the face of adversity: persevere. And perhaps not surprisingly, food has played a large role in how we have coped and supported each […]
