Days of Awe Nearly Upon Us
Happy New Year (almost) from DCist to all of our non-gentile readers. For those of you not in the know, October 3 is the beginning of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. We know that the holiday is a time for reflection and spiritual thought, but we are also totally into the part where you get to eat. The traditional apples and honey are fantastic, but really more of an amuse bouche than something to really dig into. That said, we are looking forward to some of our friend’s “coronary kugel” that’s heavy on the cream and heavy on the delicious, as well as any number of things made with (unbraided!) challah.

Just in time for the high holidays, The Post details some “contemporary kosher” in this week’s Food section. While Susie Fishbean’s stuffed chicken looks pretty good, we’re a little skeptical. We want brisket. We want latkes. We want some Jewish soul food because that chazzerei is GOOD.

Regardless of what you decide to cook, we wish you well on the impending start of year 5766, and we’ll have some shofar-shaped cookies waiting when you come home from temple.