The sweet Moroccan ojos de Haman (eyes of Haman, also known as negola or ungola, boyjo de Haman) is a […]
Pastries & Breads
Koylitsh challah for Purim
Koylitsh (or koilitch, or koylitch) is the Yiddish name of a long challah, can be twice as long of a […]
Hasidic challah (i.e. water challah)
Hasidic challah (known in the U.S. as water challah) has no eggs and very little fat. It is a vegan, […]
Tu BiShvat vegan challah with dried fruit
This vegan braided challah is filled with dried fruit like dates, figs, apricots, toasted walnut and orange zest. It is […]
Hungarian Lángos
Lángos are popular Hungarian street food of fried potato and yeast dough shaped like a round flat bread with a […]
Eggplant & cheese sambousak (Abouelafia style)
Every time I visit Israel I simply can’t stop admiring the food. The creative chefs of Tel Aviv; the more […]
Galician potato and yeast dough kugel (mandavortchinek or potatonik)
Mandavortchinek is a unique kugel from Galicia (a historic region in today’s Ukraine and Poland.) The kugel is made with […]
Bulgarian feta noodle kugel
This may look like any noodle kugel, but the use of feta in this Bulgarian-Jewish dish, adds a kick to […]
Cauliflower and cheese pashtida (kugel)
Israelis love pashidot (plurals of pashtida, which is a crustless pie, or a casserole, or simply put, kugel.) They make […]
Grape leaves, olive and kaskaval babka
Take the popular Polish Jewish cake, add essential ingredients from Israel, olives and grape leaves, make the pastry savory, and […]