THE NIBBLE » Purim http://blog.thenibble.com Trends, Products & Items Of Note In The World Of Specialty Foods Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:14:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 TIP OF THE DAY: Hamantaschen For Purim http://blog.thenibble.com/2010/02/27/tip-of-the-day-hamantaschen-for-purim/ http://blog.thenibble.com/2010/02/27/tip-of-the-day-hamantaschen-for-purim/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:56:09 +0000 admin http://blog.thenibble.com/?p=11084

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Make hamentaschen this weekend. Photo
courtesy Zabars.com.  

You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy hamantaschen (also spelled hamentaschen), the traditional tri-corned cookie that celebrates the Jewish holiday of Purim. This year it’s celebrated from February 28th through March 1st.

The story of Purim, as told in the Bible’s Book of Esther, tells of the deliverance of the Jewish people from an annihilation plot of the Persian king Haman, who wore a tri-corner hat (hence the shape of the cookies, the name of which translates into “Haman’s pockets”).

  • Make this hamantaschen recipe, courtesy of New York food destination Zabar’s.
  • Buy hamantaschen online at The Exceptional Dessert (they’re decorated and dipped in chocolate).
  • Find more of our favorite cookies in our Gourmet Cookies Section.

    • ]]> http://blog.thenibble.com/2010/02/27/tip-of-the-day-hamantaschen-for-purim/feed/ 0 NEW PRODUCTS: Purim & Hamentashen http://blog.thenibble.com/2008/03/07/new-products-purim-hamentashen/ http://blog.thenibble.com/2008/03/07/new-products-purim-hamentashen/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:17:52 +0000 Nibble Editors http://blog.thenibble.com/2008/03/07/new-products-purim-hamentashen/ The story of the Jewish holiday of Purim, as told in the Bible’s Book of Esther, tells of the deliverance of the Jewish people from an annihilation plot of the Persian king Haman. Like most Jewish holidays, this one has its traditional food, hamentashen (also spelled hamantashen), which means “Haman’s pockets” in Yiddish. Hamentashen is a triangular-shaped pastry with a cookie-like dough, not particularly sweet, originally filled with a sweetened poppy seed or prune paste. Today hamentashen is made with a variety of fillings to please modern palates. You can order a gift bucket of Exceptional Hamentashen from Claire Saueroff, award-winning baker of the Exceptional Brownie (read our review), in an assortment that includes Awesome Apricot, Puckered Prune, Rockin’ Raspberry and Poppy’s Poppy (Claire recognizes that some diets preclude poppy—it’s our favorite). There are also chocolate-dipped varieties. You’ll get approximately two dozen hamentashen to enjoy with a nice cup of tea (black tea, please—find some of our favorites in the Tea Section of THE NIBBLE online magazine).   Hamantashen
    You can’t steal Ben Stein’s money, but you can take a bite out of Haman’s pockets (that’s what hamentashen means).
     The hamentashen are kosher, of course (OU Parve). But if you’re not kosher, not Jewish, and/or have never had a good piece of hamentashen (there are plenty of questionable pieces out there), here’s a good place to start. This year, Purim is celebrated on Friday, March 21; but you don’t have to wait until then to start nibbling on the hamentashen.
    - Purchase Exceptional Hamentaschen at TheExceptionalBrownie.com.
    - A half gallon in a reusable white bucket, shown, is $45.00. Gift boxes are available from $25.00.
    - Read what what happened to King Haman and see him immortalized on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo.
    - Find more delicious kosher products in the Kosher Nibbles section of THE NIBBLE online magazine. ]]>     http://blog.thenibble.com/2008/03/07/new-products-purim-hamentashen/feed/ 0