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Month: January 2023

Dukkah
Arab, Dips, pickles and relishes, Egyptian

Egyptian nut and spice mix (dukkah)

Dukkah (or duqqa or do’ah) is an Egyptian spice and nut mix that is served similarly to za’atar. Dukkah usually […]

Hamin macaroni
Israeli, Main course, Overnight dishes, Sephardi, Shabbat

Hamin macaroni

Hamin macaroni is a Sephardi Shabbat recipe from Jerusalem of macaroni and chicken cooked overnight to perfection. Just imagine the […]

Stuffed onion and tomato prep
Grains & Legumes, Iraqi, Kitniyot (legume), Main course, Passover, Shabbat

Iraqi stuffed onions and tomatoes

My grandmother Rachel was a gifted cook. After moving as a young mother from Baghdad to Tel Aviv in 1943, […]

Ashkenazi, Feature story, Overnight dishes, Shabbat

The crock-pot and the Shabbat stew

Slow cookers are back. Not the clunky ones your mother used to have, but shiny, multifunction contraptions that are now […]

Hamin macaroni with chicken
Israeli, Main course, Passover, Sephardi, Shabbat

Sephardi chicken and potato stew (Sofrito)

In Latin America and Spain, sofrito is a tomato and garlic or onion base for many dishes. But for Israeli-Sephardi […]

Roasted cauliflower florets
Appetizers, chef's recipe, Israeli, Shabbat, Vegetables, Yom Ha'Atzmaut

Roasted cauliflower florets

Here’s a trick for making the beloved fried cauliflower florets, that’s so popular in Israel, but with half the labor […]