COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLEBY' Food For Thought I ike every other food, this one promises it's absolutely yummy. Manischewitz de- scribes its Crisps as "Deli- cious Snacking Crisps" — but are they really? Members of The Jewish News staff generously volunteered to give them a try, and here is their report: /—' Consider This A Sephardic family at Pesach. Don't Pass Over This Charoset f you're in the mood for something new this Passover, consider try- ing one of these charoset recipes from around the world: Germany: apples, cin- namon, wine Russia: apples, cinna- mon, raisins, honey Italy: apples, bananas, dates, orange, wine, wal- nuts, a sprinkle of matzah meal Egypt: apples, dates, cin- namon, bananas, wine, pomegranate seeds Holland: apples, nuts, wine, cinnamon, sugar, raisins Syria: cooked dates Poland: apples, wine, walnuts, cinnamon, al- monds S uppose a space alien were to land here and your job was to explain to him ex- actly what it means to be Jewish today. What would you say? How would you describe Or- thodox, Conservative and Re- form Judaism? Would you talk to him about keeping kosher? About Woody Allen? About Is- rael? About the Holocaust? About social justice? How would you respond if he asked, "And why are you Jew- ish?" Would you tell him that re- ligious diversity is positive or a detriment to the Jewish people? Flower Power H in a glass of water with a few drops of food coloring. You can stick with blue, yellow, red and green, or you can create your own crazy colors. As the flower white carnations drinks up the colored wa- food coloring ter, its petals will begin to vases or glasses turn the same shade. You water Twenty-four hours be- can make all the flowers fore you will need your the same color, or create a bouquet, place each flower rainbow. ere's a new way to make a beautiful bouquet for your Passover table. You will need: I Cookies For Dinner, Cake For Lunch N o doubt it's parents who do all the meal planning at your home, and while macaroni and cheese, and spaghetti, likely get thumbs up from the children, what would they say about spinach and broccoli and asparagus? So why not let the young- est members of your home plan meals for one whole day? Let them plan (and help prepare) anything they want. They should start by deciding what all the meals will be and making a shopping list. If they're old enough, children should come along to the grocery store to help Manische- witz Crisps with everything (also available in original, gar- lic, onion and caraway flavor) — certified O-U dairy, not cholov Yisrael "Forks up. These are light and crispy, and I love garlic. The only downside is what it will do to your breath." — Paula Smith, of the Circulation Department "They are tasty, but they'll leave you with drag- on breath." — Carolyn Stankiewicz, also of the Circulation Department "Not bad. If they were on sale at the dollar store, I'd buy them. The aftertaste is kind of, ugh, unique." — Staff writer Jennifer Fin- er "A — they're not crispy enough. B — I hate dehy- drated garlic or onion or whatever it is." — Staff writer Julie Edgar select the vegetables (if they actual- ly want vegetables) and price the Do you have an idea various foods. Next, they can or photo that would be set the table and help cook the food and even design a d for The Jewish News for the Family section? menu. Granted, they are like- Please send to ly to choose some un- orthodox dishes, but it Elizabeth Applebaum, will give children a sense Family Fun, cio The Jewish of how much work it News, 27676 Franklin Rd., takes to shop for, cook Southfield, MI 48034 and serve meals. And you might be surprised: they Photos become the are likely to serve cookies property of The Jewish News and cannot be returned. for breakfast and cake for lunch, but they might just be sick of all that sweet stuff by the time dinner rolls around.