Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in the Loop wants you to tune up your holiday cooking at “Passover Boot Camp,” a one-evening holiday crash course from Chef Laura Frankel at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 5.
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Sunset tomorrow marks the start of Purim, the annual celebration of yet another occasion when somebody tried but didn’t quite succeed in wiping out the Jews — in this case a Persian tyrant in about 360 B.C. What’s happening in Chicago? The LeeVees debate the Hanukkah conundrum: “Applesauce or sour cream?” Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, begins at sunset Wednesday, Dec. 1. Get ready, Chicago! Learn some new latke recipes with Chef Laura Frankel at “Latke-Palooza” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in the South Loop. Executive chef [...] Jews serve tzimmes at Rosh Hashana, a holiday rich in symbolic foods, because custom calls for serving sweet dishes at the High Holidays in hopes of a sweet New Year. Plenty of Chicagoland restaurants are happy to help you greet Rosh Hashana 5771 on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 8–9. The Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies will help you tool up for a sweet 5771 with “Rosh Hashanah Boot Camp,” a one-evening holiday crash course. The single largest HIV/AIDS benefit in the country, the 17th Annual Dining Out for Life, takes place Thursday, April 29. A portion of your meal check at a variety of Chicago and suburban restaurants will benefit AIDSCare Progressive Services, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for Chicagoans with HIV/AIDS through housing, What would you add to the list? What would you leave off? Seder, Italian-style! Piccolo Sogno restaurant in West Town will host an Italian-style seder dinner on the second night of Passover, Tuesday, March 30, with two seatings at 5:30 and 8:30 p.m. A seder is a Jewish religious ceremony and dinner that commemorates the biblical Exodus. Chef Tony Priolo’s five-course menu will combine Italian and Ashkenazi [...] |
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