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The Scoop? Frozen Rugelach!

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Why is this ice-cream different from all other ice creams? Maybe because it has chocolate matzah swirled in. Passover in July: Afikomen as frozen dessert? Better find it before it melts. Pass that around the Passover seder table. The Chozen people -- Ronne Fisher and her daughters, Meredith Fisher and Isabelle Krishana -- are churning out kosher ice-cream concoctions to...

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Special K - Head of local kosher catering company extracts some unusual roots

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Daphna Berman, JE Feature

As Denise Powell tells it, she grew up on two kinds of soul food. The first, which her mother cooked for the family, consisted of smothered fried chicken, homemade biscuits, and fried tomatoes in gravy. The other, which her mother cooked outside the home, included brisket, onion kugel, and chicken livers cooked in schmaltz. "I grew up on black soul...

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Providing the Independence to Chow Down

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Ethel Hofman, JE Feature

July 4th has become the midsummer getaway. It might be a week at the shore or a long weekend in the mountains. But wherever you decide to roost, make sure you've got a lot of good food on hand. It's one of the main attractions of being together away from the daily grind. Vacation kitchens are usually small in size,...

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Cool Tastes for Hot Nights

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Keri Fisher, JE Feature

When the days are longer and the nights warmer, there's nothing better than lounging about outside -- on a deck or even the lawn -- watching the kids play as the sun sets and the lightening bugs start to appear. It's also the perfect time of year for homemade frozen treats to help cool everyone off. These desserts vary from...

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You Go, Grill!

Putting the kosher into the meat

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Ethel Hofman, JE Feature

They traveled by van, car and pickup. From Brooklyn, N.Y.; East Orange, N.J.; and Northeast Philadelphia. The venue? Hava NaGrilla, the kosher barbecue contest held at the Willow Grove Day Camp in Hatboro. It was a day of entertainment, music and food -- lots of it. Sponsored by the philanthropic Golden Slipper Club, the funds are used to send underprivileged...