{"id":7013,"date":"2026-08-27T12:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/?p=7013"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:29:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T10:29:50","slug":"a-sweet-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishlife.co.za\/new\/2026\/08\/27\/a-sweet-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sweet New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IN-HOUSE CHEF<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BY SHARON LURIE AKA “THE KOSHER BUTCHER’S WIFE”<\/strong>\n<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Where food, family and favourites come together.<\/em><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n There is something so magical about Rosh Hashanah. The kitchen becomes Grand Central Station. Every family member develops an urgent need to wander through, lift a lid, peek in the oven and ask, \u201cWhat you making? Can I taste?\u201d And before you turn around, your teiglach are finished, your apple cake has had a knife lift, and your fishballs mysteriously took wings.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n However, it\u2019s a special time where the warmth of family togetherness and laughter flows around extended tables. Recipes handed down from generation to generation come to the fore and everybody\u2019s favourites are made, with plenty for them to take home too!\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n As we welcome the New Year, and reflect on the past, we learn from it and let it shape wiser decisions for the future. Let\u2019s learn from our successes as much as our mistakes.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n It\u2019s time to make more memories around food and family and allow it to nourish our souls… and remember calories don\u2019t count on Rosh Hashanah \u2013 they\u2019re simply blessings served with a little extra honey!\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AUTHOR: Cooking with the Kosher Butcher\u2019s Wife, Celebrating with the Kosher Butcher\u2019s Wife, A Taste of South Africa with the Kosher Butcher\u2019s Wife, FOOD EDITOR: Jewish Life, RADIO PRESENTER: Chai FM, Bobba Shar\u2019s Salad Dressing<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STARTERS<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FISH BALL ON A FORK<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes it\u2019s not about changing the food at all, but rather about the way you present it. Rather than being plonked in a pile on a plate, you\u2019re saying: \u201cOoooh, that looks delicious!\u201d Presentation is everything.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

INGREDIENTS<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n As many fish balls as you will need\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Fresh cucumber\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Baby tomatoes\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

METHOD<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n Peel a fresh cucumber, strip off a ribbon and cut it in half horizontally. Thread a fresh cucumber ribbon onto a fork. Add a fish ball, followed by the other half of the ribbon and a cherry tomato to top it all.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PHOTOGRAPHS: JASON CROUSE PHOTOGRAPHY, WWW.CROUSE.CO.ZA<\/em>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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