religion and food

In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’

By Brian Melley and Kwiyeon Ha — February 15, 2024
OLNEY, England (AP) — The race is held the day before the start of Lent, the Christian period of repentance and sacrifice before Easter.

In St. Louis, ‘Grill to Glory’ deploys churches (and hot dogs) for community renewal

By Eric Berger — May 30, 2019
ST. LOUIS (RNS) — A partnership between churches and a local nonprofit build community through cookouts in crime-plagued North St. Louis.

Stranded at New York auto show, car writers meet for (corporate-sponsored) seder

By Jeffrey Yoskowitz — April 19, 2019
NEW YORK (RNS) — For Jews who cover the car industry at the New York International Auto Show's media days, which often fall during Passover, the seder at Katz’s Deli has become a respite.

The ’Splainer: Why do Jews eat gefilte fish at the Passover seder?

By Kimberly Winston — March 22, 2018
(RNS) — The much-maligned Passover appetizer has come to epitomize the gastronomic experience of the shtetl, or ancestral towns of many Jews of Eastern European origin.

A rediscovered latke recipe links generations beyond the grave

By Lindsey Rose Weiss — December 14, 2017
(RNS) — As I looked through my emails to find the one containing the recipe for Grammommy Rose’s latkes, I said a prayer. How fortunate am I that the internet gives me a connection to my history, my namesake, my ancestors and my Uncle Jeff?
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