Emily Paster

These Chocolate Crepes Are Perfect for Passover

by Emily Paster | Apr 8, 2020 | Food, Passover, Recipes, Seasonal

When it comes to Passover cooking and baking, my favorite flour is not the dreaded matzah cake meal, which can make baked goods dense and heavy. It’s teff flour. An ancient grain native to eastern Africa, teff is most familiar to Americans as the basis for injera, the...

5 Flours That Will Change Your Passover Desserts

by Emily Paster | Apr 6, 2020 | Arts & Life, Food, Passover

This article originally appeared on The Nosher. On Passover, Jews are prohibited from consuming any foods made with five familiar grains: wheat, oats, rye, spelt (which is actually just an ancient form of wheat), and barley. These grains are considered hametz because...