Rosh Hashanah is also known as the Jewish New Year. It’s today and I know tons of Jewish friends and coworkers who are taking advantage of this “day of rest.” But many, if not all of them, are definitely going to busy with dinners! Rosh Hashanah is dominated by foods including apples and honey. But there’s a whole lot more to the Jewish New Year, like the symbolic foods of pomegranate, fish head and carrots. After the jump, check out a Rosh Hashanah feast.
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Top Chef Wins An Emmy – Top Chef won the award for “Best Reality Competition Series” in this year’s Emmy Awards. This is the reality show’s first win in the category. It has been nominated four consecutive times, but had lost out to The Amazing Race each year. Padma Lakshmi, Gail Simmons, Tom Colicchio accepted the award. It’s about time that our foodie shows are getting the respect they deserve!
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For those of celebrating the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), it  is fastly approaching. This two day holiday that honors the start of the new year and features symbolic foods like  apples and honey, dates, pomegranates and more begins this Friday night. I’m very excited that I have the opportunity to spend this holiday with my entire family. Wishes for a sweet new year would not be complete without them and their delicious recipes.

Find some of these delicious Rosh Hashanah recipe ideas after the jump!

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Rosh Hashanah (The Jewish New Year) begins tonight. On this holiday, symbolic foods are eaten in hopes for a sweet, healthy and prosperous year ahead. Apples dipped in honey illustrate the sweet year we hope for while other less-known symbols like pomegranate signify the abundance of merit one hopes for in the coming year. Gourds and squash can also be seen as symbolic Rosh Hashanah foods and since they’re such a fall ingredient, it’s not such a long shot to incorporate them into Rosh Hashanah menus.

I saw this recipe on a very delicious food blog called Sophistimom. She made risotto look so easy (despite knowing that it’s not) and melded delicious flavors that were perfect for my Rosh Hashanah meal. That, and I happened to have ALL of these ingredients in my house already so I knew I had to make it.

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