My grandmother Rachel was a gifted cook. After moving as a young mother from Baghdad to Tel Aviv in 1943, […]
Holidays
Recipes for Jewish and Israeli holidays
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 […]
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
Here’s a trick for making the beloved fried cauliflower florets, that’s so popular in Israel, but with half the labor […]
Sephardi celery root and carrot in lemon (apio)
Celery root, or celeriac, is available in supermarkets year long, but is younger and fresher in fall. You can find […]
The biblical roots of Ethiopian sweet bread
The Ethiopian-Jewish community marks Sigd, a holiday of self-examination with prayers and fasting, broken with a ceremonial challah-style bread called dabo.
Ethiopian Shabbat and holiday bread (dabo)
Dabo is an Ethiopian bread that is served by Ethiopian Jews during Shabbat and holidays as a challah. It is […]
Winter squash, goat cheese and turmeric quiche
Winter squash variety are so beautiful to look at, it’s crazy how delicious they are as well. This quiche combines […]
Tunisian meat stuffed potato (mafroum, m’battan batata)
Mafroum is an irresistible dish of meat stuffed potato (like a sandwich,) fried and then cooked in tomato sauce. It […]
The sweet taste of Torah
“And He said unto me: ‘Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll […]