“It once happened in Rome on the eve of the great fast [Yom Kippur]… …that a certain tailor went to […]
Iraqi
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, […]
Iraqi quince and almond candies (luzina)
Luzina is a modern version of a medieval Arab candy made of almonds. According to The Oxford Companion to Sugar […]
Iraqi meatballs in sweet and sour apricot-tomato sauce
My great-aunt Victoria (Toya) Levy was an incredible woman. Born in Baghdad in 1922, she moved to Israel with her […]
Iraqi style eggplant, egg and mango chutney sandwich (sabich)
Sabich is a highly popular street food in Israel. It is basically an Iraqi style Shabbat breakfast in pita, meaning […]
Kubbeh batata
From my grandmother’s Iraqi kitchen, fried potato patties filled with ground beef that she used to make every Hanukkah. The […]
Food and Death: A Look at the Tasty and Tearful Tradition of Jewish Mourning
For American Jews, bagel platters may be the most common food served after a funeral or during the shivah (the […]
Iraqi crepes for shavuot (kahi)
Kahi is a Iraqi puff-pastry-like crepe (similar to the Yemeni malawach) that is a specialty of Shavuot. Traditionally, kahi is […]
Iraqi haroset of date syrup and walnut
Iraqi haroset is as simple as it gets. It consists of only date syrup and nuts. Date syrup is a […]
Date and walnut haroset truffles
These dessert truffles are play on the classic Iraqi haroset of date molasses (known also as date honey or silan) […]