For those celebrating the Passover holiday, it means eight days of not eating leavened foods (read: no bread, bagels, and a host of other grain-based items.). Matzo—a flat cracker—takes the place of ...

Minas, or layered matzo pies, are found in Jewish cuisine from Egypt to Turkey to the Isle of Rhodes. Sheets of stiff matzo crackers are softened... Toward the opening of the Passover Seder, ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Matzo ball soup holds a special significance in Jewish culture. Widely regarded as “Jewish penicillin,” the ...

It's a familiar scene: it's a few days after the Passover Seder, and you've eaten your fair share of matzo slathered with peanut butter, matzo pizza and definitely a good amount of matzo ball soup and ...

It wasn’t until recently that San Francisco cookbook author Micah Siva decided to replace the usual, salty matzo ball mix with fresh herbs and spices, she writes in her new cookbook, “Nosh: ...

We know. No one’s matzo ball soup is better than your bubbe’s. But this version, from Oakland’s Pomella, one of the 50 Best Restaurants in the Bay Area, comes pretty close. Chef-owner Mica Talmor uses ...