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By Jay Kitterman, Correspondent
“Why is this night different from all other nights?” is the best-known question from the Passover family dinner (Seder) and is usually recited by the youngest person at the table. This year, because of COVID-19, I, along with our son and son-in-law, will not have to rearrange our living room furniture to accommodate the 25 or so guests we normally host for our Seder dinner. Jews will be celebrating Passover this year from sundown March 27 until sundown April 4.
First, a brief explanation of the Passover Holiday. Passover, or Pesach, is the Jewish holiday that marks the Israelites freedom from slavery in ancient Egypt, and the “passing over” of the first-born male Israelites from harm.
The recipes (over 100) are divided into seven sections: ”Brightness, Bitterness, Saltiness, Sweetness, Savoriness, Fieriness and Richness.” Each of these chapters adds another layer of flavor and gives home cooks more tools to add to their cooking to boost flavor and enjoyment. Brightness includes recipes like Roasted Butternut Squash and Pomegranate Molasses Soup, Spareribs in Malt Vinegar and Mashed Potatoes, and Lemon-Lime Mintade. Bitterness offers up Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad, Sweet Potato Honey Beer Pie and Chocolate Miso Bread Pudding.
He writes about the chemical makeup of the aromas of food plus the importance of the aroma. From personal experience, the aromas in our kitchen always alert Carol when something in my cooking attempts goes wrong. For me, aroma is one of the things that connects us to the foods of our childhood, the foods we grew to love.
A look at food trends for 2021
By Jay Kitterman, Correspondent
From immune defense to mood management, our food buying and eating habits changed for 2020. It is predicted to continue for 2021 as we are increasingly looking for flavor and functionality in the foods we select. Various reports I found showed we can expect to see new food selections with added benefits to support immune health, gut and brain health, energy levels and stress management. Our grocery stores will resemble the specialized health food markets.
First, there is new emphasis on what we eat in the morning. Our at-home daily breakfast has changed drastically because of being home and working from there. Pancakes are no longer just for the weekends. We have become baristas. Despite the long lines I still see at Starbucks, to make it through all those morning Zoom meetings, we are upgrading our choices of coffee bought at the store. One study found that we als