ROSH HASHANAH
T
here’s something nostalgic about the
foods of the Jewish High Holidays.
Perhaps you cherish memories sitting
around the dining table enjoying your bubbie’s
famous matzah ball soup recipe or assembling
a beautiful apples and honey dish with your
family.
Whatever your High Holidays food tradi-
tions might be, sometimes it’s much easier to
opt for a catering service instead of cooking all
of the dishes yourself, especially if you’re enter-
taining a large crowd for Rosh Hashanah, or
the Jewish New Year celebration.
For Cookie Bloom, third-generation caterer
at Bloom’s Kosher Carryout and Catering, the
Jewish High Holidays are a busy time. Bloom
receives calls from synagogues, third-genera-
tion clients whose parents and grandparents
ordered from Bloom’s, and customers as far
away as Toledo, Ohio, in need of catering ser-
vices for the season.
“There are people who have been order-
ing from us for years and years and couldn’t
do a holiday without us,
” Bloom says of the
Southfield-based family business, which is
one of just a few kosher catering kitchens in
Michigan.
FAN FAVORITES
The usual requests are no secret. Since its 1952
opening, Bloom’s has maintained the same
beloved dishes as its favorites amongst
customers (and the flavors don’t change much,
as each cook Bloom’s has had has been with the
business for 30 years).
“The most popular are chicken soup, matzah
ball soup and kreplach soup,
” Bloom explains
of the storied Jewish dishes. Other popular
requests for the High Holidays are foods that
people often can’t make themselves, like kishke
or gefilte fish.
These trends are dominating the 2023 High Holidays season.
ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
26 | AUGUST 31 • 2023
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