Buttery cookie dough, wrapped around a sweet and chewy filling: By any name, these treats are fun to make and delightful to eat — yet they’re named for one of the archvillains of the Hebrew Bible.

The Jewish holiday of Purim begins on Monday, March 6 bringing with it opportunities to eat more hamantaschen and learn about the culinary story behind the celebration. Foods eaten around Purim vary, ...

Purim is the most festive of Jewish holidays: a time of prizes, noisemakers, costumes and treats. The Festival of Purim commemorates a major victory over oppression and is recounted in the Old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hanukkah—the eight day Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Lights—begins on December 25 this year, which means it’s almost ...

Happy Purim! Yes, today is the Jewish celebration of Purim, a happy little holiday where costumes and drunken revelry are mandated, and rolling from house to house bringing gifts of food and drink is ...

This week at Breads Bakery in New York City, one cookie is bound to outsell the rest. "Hamantaschen are the most perfect little cookie," said owner Gadi Peleg. "The most requested item that we get to ...

A hamantasch (that’s the singular form) is a simple cookie. It would be a butter cookie if it had butter, but the recipe I used to make them did not. They get their substantial appeal from the center ...

“Hamantaschen are known for being dry and tasteless, but not this version,” Kritzer-Becker, founder of What Jew Wanna Eat, told the Journal. “The dough is a little tricky to work with, but the flavor ...

Hanukkah—the eight day Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Lights—begins on December 18 this year, which means it’s almost time to dust off the menorah and start planning your menu. Whether you’re ...