This weekend marks the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates the gift of the Torah. It's a beautiful holiday--Jews sing and dance with the Torah and it's one of our most upbeat holidays (nobody dies, nobody mourns, nobody fasts, nobody is persecuted, woo!) which makes it great fun all around. What I never really knew until this year is that the holiday is also marked by eating lots of dairy (none of the commentary I've read really explains why) and in the States, this tends to take two forms: blintzes and cheesecake. I have a soft spot for good homemade blintzes, but let's face it--cheesecake is even tastier and way easier to find/make. Today's food porn takes us to the reliable Jew-spot, Carnegie Deli, home of New York's best cheesecake (in my book, at least!) --if this doesn't whet your appetite for a dairy-crazy weekend, I'm not sure what will! Happy feasting, and as we say, Chag Sameach!
[photo via flickr]
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In case you're interested in why we eat dairy products on Shavuot:
http://www.aish.com/shavuotfeatures/shavuotfeaturesdefault/Why_Dairy_on_Shavuot$.asp
Yummy picture!
Reason #2 on that Aish article is what I've usually heard and like the most but the other ones are really interesting! How was your Shavuot?d
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