Health Food Focus: A Pletzel For Your Thoughts
Let me answer your question right away. A “pletzel” is also known as an onion flat or onion board. It’s a simple food that satisfies the FDA’s nutritional requirements for dough, onions and poppy seeds. “The heart of Jewish Paris is the Pletzel, a Yiddish name for the old 13th century Jewish quarter found in [...]
Ask the Rabbi: “Are Thin Mints and Ring Jells Reflections of the Platonic Form of Scrumptious Food? And Where Do Samoas Fit Into This Schema?”
Anyone who is familiar with Girl Scouts Thin Mints knows how easy it is to devour an entire box in one sitting. As we enter the Passover holidays we find that, amongst assimilated Jews, an entire box of Joyva’s Ring Jells can also be devoured in one sitting.1 Of the four questions that immediately come [...]
