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Alana Newhouse

Alana Newhouse is the author of “The 100 Most Jewish Foods” from Artisan Books.

(Noah Fecks)

Matzo: This food has miraculously managed to sustain the bond of the Jewish people over millennia

Alana Newhouse
(Noah Fecks)

The perfect mufleta is thirty seconds away from Neapolitan pizza — right before it turns black

Alana Newhouse
Mufleta. Excerpted from The 100 Most Jewish Foods by Alana Newhouse (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2019. Photographs by Noah Fecks.

Mufleta: Why one of the best parts of Passover is when it is over

Alana Newhouse
Excerpted from The 100 Most Jewish Foods by Alana Newhouse (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2019. Photographs by Noah Fecks.

The unleavened bread of redemption: One food—matzo—was present at the creation of the Jewish people

Alana Newhouse