Looking for a Shabbat dinner centerpiece or a hearty midweek meal? Picture cubes of eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers, tomatoes and […]
Main course
Sephardi chestnut, rice and lamb plov
Cooler weather and falling leaves bring to mind quiet evenings in front of the fireplace, noshing warm chestnuts, drinking spiced […]
Bukharian rice dish with herbs and beef (bakhsh)
Bukhara is an ancient city in today’s Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Jews have lived there for about a milenia (the first […]
Sirloin shishlik with dried apricot
Shishlik or shashlik are skewers of meat chunks that come originally from Turkey, but spread all over the Balkan and […]
Israeli grilled lemon chicken wings
The recipe for these lemon marinated chicken wings is as simple as it gets, yet the meat comes out so […]
Moroccan chicken in olive, tomato and lemon
Chicken cooked in a rich sauce of tomatoes and olives is a traditional Moroccan dish. What makes it special is […]
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 […]
Bukharian rice, meat and dried fruit stew for Shabbat (Oshisavo)
Oshisavo (or Yoshi save or Âsh-i Sabbâh, according to Max Malkiel, an expert on Jewish cuisine of this region) is […]
Hamin macaroni
Hamin macaroni is a Sephardi Shabbat recipe from Jerusalem of macaroni and chicken cooked overnight to perfection. Just imagine the […]
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, […]