Author: Vered Guttman

Rye chocolate honey marble cake
Ashkenazi, Cakes and cookies, Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Yom Kippur

Rye-chocolate-honey marble cake

Honey cake are an essential part of the Jewish High Holidays. They’re served on Rosh Hashanah when we wish for […]

Israeli rugelach with nutella or chocolate ganache
Ashkenazi, Cakes and cookies, Israeli, Purim, Shabbat, Yom Ha'Atzmaut, Yom Kippur

Israeli chocolate (ok, Nutella) rugelach

Origins of rugelach, the favorite Jewish pastry, date back to the Hungarian kifli, Austrian kipfel and Polish rogal. The crescent-shape […]

medovic Quick Israeli - Russian honey layered cake
Cakes and cookies, chef's recipe, Rosh Hashanah

Quick Israeli – Russian honey layered cake

Medovic is a wonderful Russian multi layered honey cake, smothered in sweet sour cream and covered with cake crumbs. The […]

Ashkenazi, Feature story, Iraqi, Yemeni, Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur food: What to eat before and after the fast

ā€œIt once happened in Rome on the eve of the great fast [Yom Kippur]… …that a certain tailor went to […]

Israeli Biscoff cookies cheesecake
Cakes and cookies, Israeli, Shabbat, Shavuot

Israeli Biscoff cookie cheesecake

One of the most popular cakes in Israel is a biscuit cookie cake. It’s the simplest no-bake cake of all, […]

Israeli BBQ Sirloin skewers
Balkan, Israeli, Main course, Turkish, Yom Ha'Atzmaut

Sirloin shishlik with dried apricot

Shishlik or shashlik are skewers of meat chunks that come originally from Turkey, but spread all over the Balkan and […]

Andalusian fried eggplant and honey (Berenjenas Con Miel)
Appetizers, Sephardi, Vegetables

Andalusian fried eggplant and honey (Berenjenas Con Miel)

Berenjenas con miel or miel de caƱa (eggplant with honey or with cane honey in Spanish) is a specialty of […]