Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem
Posted on January 5, 2014 by Chef David
Tu B’Shvat In honour of Tu B’Shvat, which will be celebrated when our students will be on break, the Community Lunch on Rosh Chodesh Shvat 5774 (2 January 2014) carried a theme celebrating the New Year of the Trees. The dishes served brimmed with fruit and nuts and the Seven Species of the Holy Land Continue Reading »
Posted on September 17, 2013 by Chef David
Some would say that not many, if any foods, are associated with Succot, while so many other festivals have foods that are so obviously related to them (think Kneidelach – Matzoh Balls on Pessach, Tsimmes – Sweet Carrots on Rosh Hashanah…). Many do have the tradition (minhag) to eat stuffed cabbage on Succot, the reason Continue Reading »
Posted on December 27, 2011 by Chef David
If you aren’t familiar with Pardes Chef David Berman, you should come meet him – he’s really wonderful. At the very least, you should read Leah Stern’s post about him… it’ll give you a “taste” of the man’s personality. Anyway, Chef Berman attended our recent community trip to Hebron, and he typed up a ‘guest Continue Reading »
Posted on September 21, 2010 by Chef David
In response to a number of requests for the recipe for the Stuffed Cabbage Casserole served today at Community Lunch, I am venturing into the unknown (for me at least!) world of blogging as a means of providing the recipe to those interested. I hope to use this medium in the future to post more Continue Reading »
