Matzo (or matzah) brei, a fried egg and matzo scramble, is a Passover breakfast favorite. And, while there are endless variations on this beloved dish, Michelle Streit Heilbrun (heiress to the Streit Matzos empire) outdoes them all with this lox and onion version from her outstanding Matzo: 35 Recipes for Passover and All Year Long: A Cookbook.

Jews spend the holiday of Yom Kippur (The Day of Atonement) praying, meditating, and abstaining from both food and liquid. At sunset, most people are so hungry they'd happily sit down to a nice bowl of carrots. But no Jewish mother would put up with that.