News bites: Passover edition

Passover starts tonight! Here’s some of what you need to know.

• Healthy cooking for Passover? All it takes is tweaking [JTA]

• Mazon’s (USA) Childhood Nutrition Seders. [via JTA> Jewish Public Affairs> MAZON US]. I’d like to see an initiative like this locally

• Good to the last plague [Washington Jewish Week] Until last year I’d never seen this haggadah. I think it’s an American thing (?).

• The Ultimate Passover Guide for Vegetarians and Vegans [The Jew and the Carrot]

• Recipes: Gluten-Free Matzo Balls [Gluten-Free Bay] It’s from 2007, but my friend Lisa shared it & I wanted to pass it on.

• Kosher wine, beyond sweet red [Chicago Tribune]

• Gefilte fish: baked, not boiled [Toronto Star]  …With a little history lesson on gefilte fish in there.

• Although it’s not food related: Passover Quotes, Greetings, And Passages For Passover 2010 [Huffington Post]

More to follow, no doubt.

Wishing my Jewish friends a happy and meaningful pesach. I leave you with the new acoustic version of the smash YouTube hit, “20 Things to Do With Matzah.” starring William Levin and Michelle Citrin.
(Thanks to Esther K. for the video.)