Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins on the evening of Monday, Sept. 22, and is celebrated for two days.

For the occasion, people wish each other a happy, healthy, sweet New Year. To highlight this wish, cooks in many households accent their holiday menus with sweet ingredients.

Apple slices dipped in honey are the traditional beginning to the Rosh Hashanah dinner. On the second day of the holiday, a popular custom is to serve seasonal or exotic fruits; this year we plan to embellish ours with a sprinkling of a sweet Middle Eastern mixture made of sesame seeds toasted with nuts.

In our menus we like to include touches of sweetness in every dish, such as our fruit cobbler dessert made with fresh and dried fruit. Our sweet flavorings are sometimes subtle, like the raisins in our pic

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