What Is Rosh Hashanah?

What Is Rosh Hashanah? The Jewish New Year, anniversary of the creation of Adam and Eve, a day of judgment and coronation, and sounding of the shofar . . . aka my people’s High Holidays.

Read on while I get ready because let’s be frank, it’s all about the food! Source: Chabad.org, What Is Rosh Hashanah

What’s on the menu?

Ever sincere returning from Israel last year, I’ve been on a za’atar kick so. For entree, I’m going to attempt the Roast Chicken With Lemon and Za’atar recipe from Susan Spungen.

And for dessert, channeling Martha Stewart with her Raisin-Challah Apple Betty…

• In this doubly lucky dessert, two Rosh Hashanah favorites—raisin challah and apples dipped in honey—come together in an ambrosial brown betty. Top it with sliced almonds and vanilla ice cream, and dig into a fruitful new year. Source: Martha Stewart Living, September 2019

Of course there’s also the homemade matzo-ball soup, challah, chicken liver pâté, rice pilaf, & countless other dishes that my Russian family has infused over the years.

How are you celebrating 5779?