NEW! Hallah at Home Come and chat and plait on the shul zoom on Friday afternoons at 4pm Start off your Shabbat and your weekend with the smell – and taste – of your own freshly baked hallah Preparing dough in advance: Please prepare your dough at least 1.5-2 hours ahead of the session. The … Continue reading
Two recipes for Hallah Traditional Hallah Download the recipe here …”eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart…” Ecclesiastes 9:7 You can make the dough on Thursday evening and leave to prove over night in the fridge. Then plait and bake on Friday. Makes 2 large loaves or 3 medium … Continue reading
by Liz Ison This Sunday at Heder the Barmitzvah class made “Biblical” hallah – hallah made with the seven Biblical species – in preparation for next Saturday’s festival of Tu B’shevat which also happens to be the first Batmitzvah of their year group. We made about 20 mini-hallot which were frozen ahead of next week. … Continue reading
ChallLiz Ison This recipe was inspired by a blog post on “The Nosher” and a 1938 Lithuanian Jewish cookbook written in Yiddish. First, the extraordinary cookbook, The Vilna Vegetarian Cookbook: originally published in the 1930s in Yiddish by Fania Lewando who was the owner of a vegetarian restaurant in Vilna, Lithuania, frequented by Marc Chagall, amongst others. … Continue reading
6 medium potatoes 1 onion 3 eggs, beaten 1/3 cup matzah meal 1 ½ teaspoons of salt ¼ teaspoon of pepper 4 tablespoons of oil ¼ teaspoon of baking powder Tip: Using a magimix with grating attachment makes light work of the grating. Preheat oven to 180C/350F/Gas Mark 4. Peel onion and grate. Peel the … Continue reading
Recently Rabbi Rosner taught us how to make (meatless) Cholent. We filled a couple of slow cookers on a Friday and served up the warm and aromatic stew after the Saturday service. Possibly for the first time in 66 years (that’s how old the Synagogue is) the community was able to get a taste of … Continue reading
![Friday Night Series [III]: Warmth, Generosity, Family and Sharing](https://wimshulcooks.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/flower1.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "Friday Night Series [III]: Warmth, Generosity, Family and Sharing")
Jo Lamiri I always say that food is love. In terms of simple pleasures, the act of cooking for or eating with other people is up there with the rest. So I was delighted (and honoured) to be invited to my very first Shabbat dinner at the warm and welcoming home of Camilla and Paul … Continue reading
Lynne Sidkin ‘What should we do next?’ This was the question we asked ourselves at our first Wimshul Cooks meeting after the summer break. Following the reprint of our cookbook, we needed to agree on our next focus, apart from enjoying each other’s company and eating cake! We decided to build on our idea of … Continue reading
![Friday Night Series [II]: Michelin-star “Shabbatmosphere” + Creamy Chestnut Soup Recipe](https://wimshulcooks.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/michelin-star-shabbat.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "Friday Night Series [II]: Michelin-star “Shabbatmosphere” + Creamy Chestnut Soup Recipe")
By Adam Parker So here’s my take on Friday nights: I love hosting and being hosted You can eat at the fanciest restaurant in the world but it just does not compare to the Michelin-star “Shabbatmosphere” you get at someone’s house on a Friday night. Inevitably you put a lot of effort in to making … Continue reading
![Friday Night Series [I]: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?](https://wimshulcooks.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/le-creuset-e1446736052556.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "Friday Night Series [I]: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?")
by Camilla McGill I have been a member of our Synagogue since 1999 and have been picking up Jewish customs and traditions on the way and claiming the ones I like for our family. I have four children aged 10, 12, 15 & 17 and in the past few years I have had a growing … Continue reading
You are cordially invited to The Wimshul Cooks’ Kiddush — Saturday 6th June 2015 — In celebration of the publication of The Wimbledon Synagogue Community Cookbook In gratitude to its contributors and supporters and featuring a selection of dishes from the Cookbook A short Shabbat Service starting at 10.30am followed by a Kiddush not to … Continue reading
You are cordially invited to The Wimshul Cooks’ Kiddush — Saturday 6th June 2015 — In celebration of the publication of The Wimbledon Synagogue Community Cookbook In gratitude to its contributors and supporters and featuring a selection of dishes from the Cookbook A short Shabbat Service starting at 10.30am followed by a Kiddush not to … Continue reading
Just a reminder that the peace spoons and salad servers will be on sale this Sunday. If you would like a personalised wooden spoon with initials, please be sure to email wimshulcooks@gmail.com asap! You can also reserve other items – the salad servers are already nearly sold out! Pick up the perfect gift this Sunday … Continue reading
Pick up the perfect gift this Sunday 7th December (12-2) at Wimbledon’s Hanukkah Fair – wooden spoons or bamboo salad servers individually etched with striking designs – and can be personalised with the initials of your favourite cook or host. Just imagine Stir your soup with a Shalom spoon and smell the peace wafting through … Continue reading
Photos of Eleri Larkum’s heart shaped hallah in the making – much enjoyed at the Young Families havurah meal on Valentine’s evening.
To mark the retirement of Rabbi Sybil, a special service and kiddush was held at Wimbledon and District Synagogue. One of the many highlights of the service was Rabbi Sybil’s commentary on the weekly portion on the theme of “spirituality and food”, and she has kindly allowed us to reproduce it below. It expresses so … Continue reading
Article by Liz Ison At the recent barmitzvah of Owen Woolf, we were treated to a really special Kiddush lovingly prepared and baked in Cardiff and personally delivered to Wimbledon Synagogue by Owen’s grandmother, Renee (pronounced Reenie). Wimshul Cooks caught up with Renee afterwards. How did you come to agree to bake for the Kiddush? … Continue reading
Here is a 5 minute film on the fun of making hallah for Shabbat on a Friday morning at Apples and Honey Nursery. Hope you enjoy it. And to download a free copy of “The Little Book of Hallah”, click here for the pdf (prints on A4 paper – select “booklet” printing option). The booklet … Continue reading
How does Wimbledon Synagogue do hospitality? This Saturday was a “Welcome Shabbat”, a Shabbat for all our members, but especially in honour of those newer to the community. The date was chosen specially because in this week’s parashah we hear the first story of hospitality in the Torah. Abraham welcomes three strangers to his tent. … Continue reading
Earlier in the year, Wimshul Cooks offered a “Vegetarian Friday Night menu” as part of Wimbledon Synagogue’s Auction of Promises. Judith from Apples and Honey Nursery bid for the meal and shared it with all the staff from the Nursery for their summer social. We weren’t going to quibble with the fact that this took … Continue reading
Saumon Poche By Josette Cohen I had an idea recently – that was approved by the synagogue Care Group – to host a lunch for anyone who is alone on a Saturday lunchtime, whatever their age. The first lunch took place at the synagogue after the service and was a great success. We thought about … Continue reading
“Havurah” means a community of friends. Havurah suppers for young families are held a few times a year at the synagogue on a Friday, after a short, family friendly Shabbat service. Each family brings a vegetarian dish to share and we often have a mix of home cooked and readymade food. To make sure everyone … Continue reading
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