Pastries & Breads

Rice paper burekas with feta and green onion
Appetizers, Israeli, Kitniyot (legume), Passover, Pastries & Breads, Shabbat, Shavuot, Turkish, Yom Ha'Atzmaut

Rice paper feta & green onion burekas

In this recipe, a Turkish pastry, the borek, takes an Asian turn, using rice paper instead of the classic phyllo dough, […]

Breakfast, Overnight dishes, Pastries & Breads, Shabbat, Yemeni

Kubaneh, Yemenite bread

Kubaneh is a Yemenite bread that traditionally is being baked overnight next to jachnoon (overnight rolls) and hard boiled eggs, […]

Appetizers, Breakfast, Israeli, Pastries & Breads, Sephardi, Shavuot

Sephardi cheesy biscuits (Boyikos)

Boyikos are small cheese biscuits that originate from the Sephardi cuisine of the Balkan (mainly Bulgaria) and Turkey. Boyikos are […]

Appetizers, Arab, Breakfast, Israeli, Pastries & Breads, Shabbat, Shavuot, Turkish, Yom Ha'Atzmaut

Swiss chard, sumac and feta spanakopita

Burekas or borek, Turkey-originated savory stuffed pastries, is probably Israel’s most popular snack. You’ll find it as street food, served […]

Appetizers, Ashkenazi, Feature story, Pastries & Breads, Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Yom Kippur

The History of Kugel and Poppy seed walnut kugel recipe

When I asked why the word “kigel” disappeared from the American Jewish culinary vocabulary, I was told it is due to a set of pelvic floor exercised by the same name, invented in 1948 by Arnold Kegal.

Ashkenazi, Israeli, Overnight dishes, Pastries & Breads, Rosh Hashanah, Shabbat, Yom Kippur

Jerusalem Kugel

I’m not a kugel type of girl, but Jerusalem kugel, the peppery, caramelized, overnight version stole my heart. The kugel […]