The classic filling for these yeast dough crescents is poppy seeds cooked in milk and honey. The yeast in the […]
Recipes
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 Seed Hamantaschen, two ways
Queen Esther, according to Jewish tradition, kept a vegetarian diet of seeds at King Achashverosh’s palace, in order to avoid […]
Poppy seed ice-cream
Poppy seed ice-cream is pretty popular in Israel’s many artisanal ice-cream and gelato parlors. As with anything poppy seed, the […]
Poppy seed and chocolate ganache cake
For those who, like me, cannot have enough poppy seeds, this is the cake for you. The origin of this […]
Egg Noodles with poppy seeds and walnut
The pasta dish is a savory take on a Hungarian noodle dish with either poppy seed or walnut and sugar. […]
Tunisian wheat overnight stew (hareesa)
Hareesa is a Tunisian Shabbat overnight stew that started as an Arab overnight dish of wheat and meat. The dish […]