When I was growing up in Israel, every shabbat afternoon was spent at my Polish grandmother’s, Rachel. As we sat […]
Cuisine
Moroccan chickpea and meat Shabbat stew (adafina/s’heena)
Moroccan and Tunisian adafina (or dafina, t’feena, s’heena, s’cheena) is a dish of chickpea, meat and vegetables that is cooked […]
Yemeni green Z’houg (chili pepper and cilantro salsa)
Just how spicy should the z’houg be is really up to you and much you can tolerate. The original z’houg […]
Yemenite overnight pastry rolls (jachnun)
In 2023, Tel Aviv celebrated its first ever Jachnun Festival. Celebrity pastry chefs, jachnun joints and hungry crowds gathered at […]
Hungarian poppy seed crescents (kifli)
The classic filling for these yeast dough crescents is poppy seeds cooked in milk and honey. The yeast in the […]
Salted peanuts and caramel hamantaschen
Hamantaschen are the new soufganiyot! Take a stroll through the many pastry shops in Israel these days before Purim and […]
Birthday hamantaschen
Rainbow sprinkles on the outside, cream cheese frosting inside. *Mic drop
Nutella and halva hamantaschen
Classic Purim cookie takes an Israeli-Italian turn.
Roasted red cabbage in balsamic vinegar
This idea for this recipe came from a roasted whole cabbage I had at an Eyal Shani (of Miznon fast […]
Poppy seeds forever
My husband heard this story many times as a child: When my father-in-law was about 12 years old, he and […]