The Big Schmear

The Big Schmear


Latest Episodes

Jewish Flavours of Italy
December 23, 2024

Happy Chanukah, Everyone! I'm happy to have you join me for this December's episode. You'll be meeting my guest, recent cookbook author, Silvia Nacamulli. Silvia begins our conversation by providing us with a window into the Jewish Culinary history of Ita

The Inside Story: Judaica at the MFA, Boston
November 13, 2024

Its still fall! New England is in that in-between time; beautiful sunny days with temps going back and forth between unseasonably warm and yikes, it really will be winter soon.Its on the gonna get colder days that I think about my recent times at the

Loaves of Torah: Exploring the Jewish Year through Challah
October 25, 2024

Happy New Year!I hope your New Year celebration was meaningful and joyous. I'm looking forward to all the audio adventures we will be on together in 5785. I already have great guests on-board with stories to share that I know you'll enjoy. This brings

Exploring Israeli Cinema
September 17, 2024

The Big Schmear is back and I'm happy to have you all here! I've had some time to think about the relevance of The Big Schmear while on a break and it's pretty clear to me that Jewish food continues to be a great connector for us all. And I plan to cont

Yidstock 2022
September 08, 2022

I'm on the campus of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. Through my conversation with Lisa Newman and Seth Rogovoy you'll learn about the Yiddish Book Center and Yidstock, The Festival of New Yiddish Music. I hope you enjoy this taste of Yiddish

The Everything Spice for Everyone
December 21, 2020

Guest: Chef Laura Frankel Need to spice up  your meals? Here's an easy fix that can be used as your new basic 'everything spice' to change up, well everything: fish, chicken, french toast...it's limitless and so easy. And we have some recipes to share too

No Guilt Gelt – Just in Time for Hanukkah
December 08, 2020

Guest: Cheryl Rich Heisler If you are in the mood for fun this Hanukkah then you have to give this episode a listen. Helpful note: you may want to have your own cocktail at the ready. I've invited back mixologist Cheryl Rich Heisler to talk about cock...

Jews & Thanksgiving
November 23, 2020

Guest: Dr. Beth S. Wenger I decided to push the envelope a bit on this Thanksgiving holiday episode. I knew everyone would be stressed with holiday plans, menus and figuring out ways to celebrate the holiday despite all the compromises to put in place ...

Woops...Avoiding Missteps in the Kitchen
November 11, 2020

Guest: Chef Laura Frankel Talking about kitchen safety isn't the sexiest of topics but I thought it would be a great review for all of us as we embark on holiday cooking - whatever that's going to look like this year.

What’s Cooking for YOU on Friday Night?
October 20, 2020

Guest: Aliza Kline, CEO OneTable This episode is all about Shabbat. OneTable is an amazing organization that provides resources for everything it takes to prepare your meal. Their website includes so much valuable information; recipes,