Category Life

Earn Frequent Fryer points

photo - Mouthwatering air fryer chicken satay with peanut sauce

Mouthwatering air fryer chicken satay with peanut sauce. (photo by Shelley Civkin) My father, alav hashalom, used to use the Yiddish phrase “Don’t hock me a tscheynik,” meaning, literally, don’t bang my teakettle. But, idiomatically, it means don’t bother me with…

Bafflement part of life

photo - open Torah scroll

Just as in life outside shul we don’t understand everything we encounter, we don’t all necessarily understand the Torah reading and other parts of the High Holiday service. The High Holidays serve as a metaphor for life itself. (photo from…

Albania’s many legends

photo - A bunker in Tirana, Albania, that is now the Bunk’Art art and history museum

A bunker in Tirana, Albania, that is now the Bunk’Art art and history museum. (photo by Deborah Rubin Fields) Albania is a country of great contrasts. It has stunning, clean beaches, so gorgeous that locals refer to them as the…

Chicken with a French twist

Chicken always makes for a nice holiday meal. For a special treat, however, try out these French kosher chicken entrees. CHICKEN DIJON (8 servings) 1/4 cup water or vegetable oil 1 tsp garlic powder 1/2 cup Dijon mustard 1 tsp…

Hitting the high seas & citrus

Who among us enjoys using a 400°F oven during the summer? That would be: Nobody. Ever. For me, summer is synonymous with barbecuing, which is first cousin to steak, hamburgers, chicken and grilled veggies. Recently introduced to tuna steaks, I’ve…