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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