The Big Schmear Podcast

​It’s Kosherfest! And what is that you ask? It’s the worlds’ biggest event for the business of Kosher foods held annually in November. I had the opportunity to attend this year where it was held in Secaucus, New Jersey. I’ll do my best to give you a tour of this gigantic exhibit space where over 800 vendors participated in this year’s conference. I don’t have any recipes this time around but I do have all kinds of interesting tidbits about Kosher products that you would have never imagined!

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Meet Tanya Rosen – star nutritionist and overall health guru. Tanya heads up her own business helping with the care and feeding of your healthy body from workout tapes to nutrition counseling to preparing healthy foods. What better way to start the New Year and take care of your top New Year’s resolution!

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Jamie Geller is BAAACK! and Chef Laura Frankel joins in for this episode. We talk about Israeli food and lots about Chanukah latkas and sufganiyot. I think you are going to be so ready for Chanukah and latkes by the time you get to the end of this episode.

Happy Holidays to all. We’ll be back with our next episode of The Big Schmear on January 8. 

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​I’m excited to talk with Jamie Geller of Joy of Kosher magazine in this episode. She’s an amazing woman with tons of energy and it’s all focused on preparing Jewish food. Join me for learning how Jamie went from American journalist to Jewish Kosher food & Israel; from “The Bride who Knew Nothing” to the head of a Joy of Kosher food magazine.

Although we taped this in September you’ll see our focus on Hanukkah in the recipes she shares.

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​It’s Part 2 with Stephanie Goldfarb and we cover lots of ground. You’ll hear about her day job working with amazing high school students, and lots more about food as we learn about Stephanie’s must haves in the kitchen, what it’s like to be in a cooking competition and the down-low about Israeli breakfasts and all the good food that Israel has to offer.

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Stephanie Goldfarb is a real Renaissance woman finding a way to mesh her passion for food and living a Jewish life in the most extraordinary way. She shares her path to Jewish cooking with me and talks about her wonderful supper club in Chicago, Seven Species. Her life is so jammed packed with Jewish and so many food hats you have to tune in and learn all about her.

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Beth meets up with Liz Alpern of The Gefilteria at a fantastic food demo in Detroit, Michigan. It’s part of the 2nd Annual Michigan Jewish Food Festival. The conversation with Liz covers lots about food pivots, her path to becoming a foodie and gefilte fish as an intro into old world Jewish foods.

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​​Beth goes to Detroit, Michigan to check-out the 2nd Annual Michigan Jewish Food Festival. The festival is put on by Hazon. The word Hazon means vision. Hazon is an entry point and ongoing resource for individuals and institutions to engage in Jewish life and create a more sustainable world for all through Jewish outdoor, food, farming and environmental education. Hazon aims to point the Jewish community outwards to create change locally and nationally. They welcome participants of all religious backgrounds and none.

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Award winning cookbook author Joan Nathan is back to share some food stories with Beth from her new cookbook King Solomon’s Table. They talk about blueberries and the discovery of a Toronto recipe that had its roots in Poland, Yemenite Shabbat chicken soup, and the latest Jewish food trend- Israeli food.

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Award winning cookbook author Joan Nathan joins Beth to talk about her path to Jewish food writing with roots in anthropology and Israel. She shares stories about her travels and the research she did about the history of Jewish food for her newest cookbook King Solomon’s Table. Joan even finds time to share a family Passover story.

Joan Nathan is the author of numerous cookbooks including the James Beard and IACP Award winners Jewish Cooking in America and The New American Cooking, which also received the Julia Child Award for Best Cookbook of the Year. She was the host of the nationally syndicated PBS television series Jewish Cooking in America with Joan Nathan, based on the book. A frequent contributor to The New York Times, Tablet magazine, and other publications, Nathan is the recipient of numerous awards, and she received an honorary doctorate from the Spertus institute of Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago. A founding member of Les Dames d’Escoffier, she was also appointed to the Kitchen Cabinet of the National Museum of American History. Nathan graduated from the University of Michigan with a masters degree in French literature and earned a master’s degree in public administration from Harvard University.

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