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Holidays
Recipes for Jewish and Israeli holidays
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 […]
Libyan sweet rolls for Yom Kippur (bolo)
My friend Delphine Gamburg, a French-Israeli, remembers how as a young girl in Paris, her Algerian-born aunt would give her […]
Kreplach (Ashkenazi dumplings)
Kreplach are Ashkenazi dumplings, similar to pierogi, stuffed with meat or potato and served in chicken soup. My grandmother used […]
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 […]
Chicken liver stuffed matzo balls
Matzo balls, the beloved Ashkenazi dumplings, need no introduction here. This version, which I’ve seen first in Israel, is stuffed […]
Honey for Rosh Hashanah? Time to Think Again
It’s hard to find many things all Jews can agree on. In fact, it’s probably impossible. But there is one […]
Syrian red pepper and walnut dip (muhammara)
Muhammara is a roasted red pepper and walnut dip that is likely originated from Syria, although it is now popular […]
Jerusalem bagel (ka’ak)
Jerusalem bagel, or ka’ak Al-Quds in Arabic, is a Palestinian elongated ring shaped bread that’s coated in sesame seeds and […]
Egyptian rice, lentil and tomato sauce dish (koshari)
Koshari is a popular Egyptian street food, that consists of an impossible combination of rice, lentils, pasta, chickpea, all topped […]