Recipes for Rosh Hashanah

Sunday evening marks the beginning of the Jewish New Year and the first of the religion's autumnal High Holy Days. With festivities continuing until sundown on Tuesday, it is a time to pause and absorb the simple pleasures of feasting and family. Slowly braised dishes embrace the meditative nature of the holiday, while crisp fall apples dipped in honey conjure the sweetness of the year to come.

Credit: Todd Coleman

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Challah Knots

These fluffy, brioche-like rolls are traditionally served on Jewish holidays. During Rosh Hashanah, the top is sometimes brushed with honey.

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Comments (13)

by luv_2cook on 2011-09-24

@ BOTH of the above comments: If you don't have anything "nice" to say, don't say anything at all!!! Let alone the ethnic slur from the so-called savvynewyorker, shame on you!

by WHEELER62@VERIZON.NET on 2011-09-25

good lord! they're recipes, for heaven's sake! not a declaration of war!!

by mizd45 on 2011-09-25

so sad and we wonder why people in this world can't get along if a recipe causes this kind of dissent.

by GAILCUTTING on 2011-09-25

I CARE! Wishing you all a lovely Rosh HaShanah! Love the food, love the season, love ALL GOD'S PEOPLE!

by nem068 on 2011-09-25

The first two comments are sad. However, I now know that BarbaraJCornett and SavvyNewYorker (whose comment was anything but Savvy) are both small minded, anti-Semitic jerks; and any previous comments I happen across or future comments they post are to be viewed carefully given their discriminatory background.

by Troy Taylor on 2011-09-26

I typically do not add my comments but please Saveur, Delete or edit such hate. Saveur you post recipies from all nations from across the globe but today your opeining salvo for me is about ignorance and hate. Why? In a country the size of New Jersey does anyone truly care? Maybe because what they are what they have been is truly astounding! No I am not jewish but like the sentiment of JFK, I am a Berliner, or in this case, my brothers and sisters I am of Israel! Now off to the kitchen to try something new.

by PATRIKA on 2011-09-26

I'm with "mizd45." SAVVYNEWYORKER sounds like he/she needs a hug.

by VALETTI1982 on 2011-09-26

I love Jewish recipes! They are simply eastern european recipes so enjoy!

by MENSA63 on 2011-09-28

When I was growing up a neighbor family was Jewish and the Mom was a fabulous cook. She started a catering business out of her cellar and I worked for her weekends helping out at wedding et al and learned a lot about cooking and still use some of those recipes. However, upstairs she kept a strict kosher kitchen for her family and when working downstairs she would have me taste those things that weren't kosher as she declined to do so. Anyway I learned a lot about kosher and have applied it also to my cooking (non kosher) with amazing and delicious results. One funny incident though was one morning her hubby and I were having a cuppa waiting for her to return from the market and he whispered (although there was noone around) that he had one time tried a strip of bacon but he didn't like it very much. I kept his secret and he and his wife went to their graves many years later with the secret intact.

by MARCUSLTL5 on 2011-09-29

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
This is one of my favorite sites!! I have been a loyal follower from the onset. Having just moved to Indonesia from the US I frequently visit SAVEUR.COM to help my Balinese cook understand Western cooking. Trying to explain such comments to my staff was a challenge!! I am incensed that people would use this forum to spread their personal views on anything other than FOOD!! Food and the LOVE of food should transcend to the LOVE of people ALL over the world no matter their religion, race, or sexual orientation! Now let's eat to that!!

by palscher on 2011-10-01

i am so glad that saveur has some recipes for the holiday, i was looking for a yummy dessert. so it will be apple tart at our house. i am also glad that saveur edited the comments b/c they are not here anymore. and that would have bummed my holiday. have a wonderful holiday season-everyone!