As much as food writer and recipe developer Emily Paster loves sweet hamantaschen, she enjoys taking a broader view of Purim foods. The perfect example is her savory beef hamantaschen. “They are a bit ...

The word “hamantaschen” typically evokes memories of triangular pastries — the shape of Haman’s hat — filled with a variety of fruit toppings. However, there is more you can do to jazz up the food ...

Hamantaschen (noun): Jelly or chocolate filled, triangular shaped cookies that crop up around this time of year, and are obviously the superior holiday cookie. As a certified cookie expert (a.k.a. a ...

Ask any Jewish person to explain virtually any Jewish holiday and you'll probably hear some form of, 'They tried to kill us; we survived; let's eat.' The early spring holiday of Purim, which starts ...

The quintessential Purim treat is hamantaschen. This Yiddish word means “Haman’s pockets”; the name of these triangular filled cookies in Hebrew, oznei Haman, means “Haman’s ears.” They are served as ...

When I was a kid, hamantaschen came in two varieties: poppyseed (what the sophisticated grown-ups ate) and fruit. It didn’t matter what kind of fruit, it all tasted the same — overly sweet and sticky, ...

Hamantaschen, the crumbly, triangular pastry, may be the most recognizable symbol of Purim. The ones people commonly imagine are filled with poppy seeds or fruit jam. The most indulgent type has ...

Hamantaschen, as essential to Purim as matzo is to Passover, are typically sweet triangular cookies filled with a jam that’s often made from poppy seeds. During Purim, which begins tonight, Jews are ...

1. Using a spice grinder, grind the poppyseeds into fine meal but not to a paste. This will need to be done in batches. 2. In a small saucepan, combine the poppyseeds, milk, honey and 2 tablespoons ...