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Itta Werdiger Roth’s pomegranate chicken recipe

Itta Werdiger Roth, “supper-club impresario,” is the founder of the Brooklyn pop-up restaurant The Hester. “Pomegranates are not only in season but they are also one of the symbols of Rosh Hashanah,” Roth said. “It’s a win-win situation!” POMEGRANATE CHICKEN (Courtesy of My Jewish Learning) Ingredients: 1 whole chicken 1 pomegranate 2 cups Pom (or […]

Nir Mesika’s braised short ribs with squash puree and roasted corn salad recipe

Nir Mesika is the founder and executive chef at Timna, a modern Israeli restaurant in New York that was dubbed the “best new restaurant of 2015” by USA Today. Growing up in northern Israel, in Mesika’s family, Rosh Hashanah was all about his mother’s short ribs. What makes it special, he said, is that “the family […]

Rabbi Hanoch Hecht’s dessert tzimmes recipe

Rabbi Hanoch Hecht, “Chopped” competitor Hecht, a Chabad rabbi in Rhinebeck, New York, chose tzimmes, a traditional sweet stew made of carrots. Carrots, Hecht explains, are called “merren” in Yiddish, which also means “increase.” “The very fact that its name connotes increase makes it auspicious to eat carrots during the New Year,” he said, “as it […]