✨Chag Sameach.✨ We’re so glad you’re celebrating Passover with us. We’re so glad you’re celebrating Passover with us. Whether you're hosting or joining a Seder, here are a few thoughtful tips to make your table feel meaningful, delicious, and easy to pull together.
📖 No Haggadah? No Problem Don’t have a Haggadah handy? Check out some great on-line Haggadot, suggested by some of our favorite local Rabbis and Friends: DIY Haggadah, Rabbi Sarah’s Google Drive Collection of Haggadahs; and this Haggadah that our Zweig/Pellicone crew uses at our family seder. Want a lighter retelling of the Passover story? Try a few non-traditional Haggadot: Shakespeare-inspired; Baseball-themed, a Star Wars Passover Parody, The Unofficial Seinfeld Haggadah or even a Hogwarts Haggadah!
🍷🍷🍷🍷Pour Something Special It’s all about the wine, obvi. Our favorite Wine Guru, Brett from Grape Intentions, suggests perfect pairings for your holiday table: He recommends Gilgal Chardonnay, ($23) which has vibrant fruit notes of pear, brioche, and tropical fruits – a perfect pairing with your gefilte fish. He also recommends Mount Hermon Red ($18) classic Bordeaux style red wine from Israel that delights with notes of cherry, red berry, violets, and kitchen spice . It will pair perfectly with this year’s Brisket recipe! Use Code PCPASS2026 for 15% off store purchases through April 15, 2026!
🥂 Start with a Sparkle Speaking of wine, how about using Champagne, sparkling wine or even Lambrusco or Pet Nat for the first glass? Our friend Rabbi Hannah from Temple Sinai loves this as a celebratory way to start the seder! Check out a few of our favorite bubbles here.
🥬 Celebrate Spring on your Menu! Find a farmers market near you and incorporate seasonal greens on your holiday table. Making a savory Kugel? Combine rainbow, new or fingerling potatoes with sautéed ramps and asparagus! How about adding stewed rhubarb, candied ginger and lemon zest to your sweet kugel (YUM). For sides, try an All the Spring Pea Salad: Combine blanched and shocked Sugar Snaps, Snow Peas and Spring Peas with Pea Shoots, Preserved Lemon, Garlic Oil and Green Olives.
🍽️ The Seder Meal Brisket is the key centerpiece to our Passover meal. But sometimes we go all in on the chicken….or a gorgeous side of salmon layered with lemons and herbs could also be a big hit. This year, we’ve decided to go global with a Black Mole Braised Brisket: We’re rubbing our Brisket with Black Mole Paste, braising it in Chili Cumin Cookstix and serving it with Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Chili and Lime; “Street Style” Cauliflower and Hearts of Palm Ceviche! Delicioso!
Your Flavor Shortcut! Use your Cookstix to add rich, slow-simmered flavor to your Seder dishes…without taking up time on the stove. 1 stick = up to 4 cups of flavorful stock or use it to season your vegetables, infuse your kugel or even sprinkle onto a matzah sandwich! Find more on Amazon – use code SPRING20CS for 20% off!
🎶 Bring the Energy What’s a Passover Seder without raising voices together? Ben Pagliaro is a talented musician and has a rockin’ version of Chad Gadya. Check out his YouTube Page here and follow Benny P Music on Youtube for more tunes.
🌍 Time to Reflect This Passover, as we retell the story of the expulsion and exilation of the Jews in ancient Egypt, we think about our fellow humans who are being exiled and expelled in our modern world. We’ll be donating 5% of all Passover related sales to World Central Kitchen.
