Passover for Foodies: Let My People Eat Matzo S’mores
A traditional Passover seder plate.
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The Passover menu, known for unleavened bread and centuries-old recipes, is getting a foodie update.
Spurred on by cooking shows and blogs, kosher-food sellers are offering a wider range of flavors — as well as the organic and gluten-free options preferred by millennial shoppers. Matzo crackers now come in such varieties as “Mediterranean,” with extra virgin olive oil, onion, garlic and herbs. In Israel, Ben & Jerry’s has introduced an ice cream flavored like charoset, the apple-nut-wine mixture that’s part of the seder plate.