Some Jewish culinary traditions are easy to understand. Take, for example, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Almost every Jewish […]
Rosh Hashanah
Almond and cherry braid
Puff pastry is very popular in Israel, for both savory and sweet baked goods. It replaces phyllo and yufka in […]
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 […]
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 egg noodles (lokshen)
Handmade Ashkenazi egg noodles are a labor of love, a lot of love. The cook needs to make a dozen […]
Lamb shoulder with spring vegetables
“You shall have a perfect male lamb in its [first] year; you may take it either from the sheep or […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]