Zells Bites By Zell Schulman Whenever there were lots of rainy days in the spring, I remember my mother telling me, “April showers bring May flowers.” Our gardens must really be blooming considering the storms we have had this past week. Not only have we had lots of rain, but the weather seems to have [ Read More...]

Zells Bites By Zell Schulman Brit, Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Confirmation, graduation, engagement and weddings all play significant roles in the lifecycle of our families. It is for these celebrations we find ourselves baking and cooking special dishes. The day you want to make strudel “You don’t plan anything except to bake strudel, have all the ingredients [ Read More...]

By Zell Schulman Contributing Columnist Spring is in the air, and thoughts of spring cleaning come to mind. It’s time to update my kitchen pantry. Looking at my calendar, I realize the first Passover seder begins at sundown Friday, April 6. I’m not sure I’m ready to even think about Passover and all of its [ Read More...]

By: Zell Schulman Pull out your processor or your electric mixer and portion out your goodies! Whether your family and friends like apricot, prune or poppy-seed filling, which can be purchased in cans at your supermarket in the kosher section, this recipe will please them all! HAMENTASHEN Makes 3 dozen Ingredients Cookie Dough 3 large [ Read More...]

I must have collected more than a hundred cookbooks over the years while I’ve been writing “About Food.” Several weeks ago, Lea Schapira’s “Fresh and Easy Kosher Cooking” arrived in the mail. With one glance at the beautiful photographs in the cookbook, I was rushing into my kitchen to try one or two of the [ Read More...]

Recently, while rearranging my cookbooks, I came across several devoted to cooking with kids. Reacquainting myself with these cookbooks, I realized school isn’t the only place for language arts, science or math skills and the kitchen isn’t only for cooking and eating. Cooking with your children or grandchildren in the kitchen is a great way of [ Read More...]

A new year is upon us and it’s time to try something new. A new restaurant, a new food, a new place to shop for produce or groceries and of course, a new menu using new ingredients or a new menu using familiar ingredients, but in a new way. I began this new year doing [ Read More...]

Looking over my former “All About Food” features—which has gotten great feedback from my readers—I realized I haven’t written about cooking fish. It’s not exactly fun, but I must admit it’s been challenging since I became a widow eight years ago. I usually prepare fish at least two to three times a week for myself. [ Read More...]

Makes 4 dozen large or 6 dozen small cookies Mrs. Polakoff’s visits to Cincinnati came with tins filled with cookies and strudel. She was an excellent cook and her son Abe sang with our Cincinnati Opera Company. One year, I asked if she would teach me how to prepare these delicious cookies made with oil. [ Read More...]

When I was in my teens, my family and I would drive out with my Uncle and his family to a farm in Kentucky, to pick up our Thanksgiving turkeys. My Uncle Sam Greenbergs had a big Packard, with jump seats in the back, which my young cousins and I always fought over. I always [ Read More...]