Archive - Cultural Bites with Ruth Nieman

nourishing and sustaining in challenging times...

Jun 23 •

May 2025

the culinary traditions of Shavuot...

celebrating the cheesecake

May 30 •

April 2025

the sweet ending to Passover

Apr 20 •

the symbolic foods of Passover

freedom, salvation, renewal... and the need to feed

Apr 10 •

March 2025

feasting, fasting & fancy dress - its Purim

the festival of resilience & survival...

Mar 13 •

February 2025

a new year for trees

feasting on the first fruits of the biblical landscape...

Feb 11 •

January 2025

new year, new challenges & renewed hope

Jan 26 •

December 2024

potato latkes, yeasted dough... and cheese

celebrating the traditions of Chanukah foods

Dec 21, 2024 •

November 2024

natural survivors...

"everything starts with olive oil"

Nov 16, 2024 •

October 2024

finding comfort in feeding

Oct 13, 2024 •

preparing for the new year, yet with a bitter sweet taste...

Oct 1, 2024 •

August 2024

sharing my thoughts on food neutrality

the highs and lows of food writing...

Aug 26, 2024 •

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