Hanukkah
Moroccan/Tunisian rose-shaped fried cookie (debla)
Debla is a rose-shaped fried cookie that is dipped in sugar syrup. It is popular in Algeria and Tunisia, ...
Vegan carrot & sweet potato latkes
This latke combines Jewish tradition with Indian, as it is inspired by the Indian pakora snack. The ...
Hungarian Lángos
Lángos are popular Hungarian street food of fried potato and yeast dough shaped like a round flat bread ...
Kubbeh batata
From my grandmother’s Iraqi kitchen, fried potato patties filled with ground beef that she used to ...
Passover
Ashkenazi egg noodles (lokshen)
Handmade Ashkenazi egg noodles are a labor of love, a lot of love. The cook needs to make a dozen or ...
North African stuffed artichoke bottoms in red sauce
Stuffed artichoke bottoms are a traditional dish from the Moroccan, Tunisian and Libyan cuisine. Jews ...
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 from ...
Tahini and halva brownies for Passover
Passover is a wonderful holiday that brings to the table the exodus of the Israelites from slavery to ...
Purim
Israeli Kinder chocolate and Nutella rolled cookies
After high school, Israeli kids go on to fulfill their compulsory military service for two to three ...
Israeli chocolate (ok, Nutella) rugelach
Origins of rugelach, the favorite Jewish pastry, date back to the Hungarian kifli, Austrian kipfel and ...
Amarena cherry and marzipan hamantaschen
Hamantaschen is a very versatile cookie that can hold a variety of different filling, as you can see ...
Ruby chocolate and marzipan hamantaschen
These hamantaschen combine complimenting flavors of sweet and tart ruby chocolate with nutty almond ...
Rosh Hashanah
6 Foods to Avoid Eating on Rosh Hashanah
Some Jewish culinary traditions are easy to understand. Take, for example, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish ...
Almond and cherry braid
Puff pastry is very popular in Israel, for both savory and sweet baked goods. It replaces phyllo and ...
Rye-chocolate-honey marble cake
Honey cake are an essential part of the Jewish High Holidays. They're served on Rosh Hashanah when we ...
Quick Israeli – Russian honey layered cake
Medovic is a wonderful Russian multi layered honey cake, smothered in sweet sour cream and covered with ...
Shabbat
Crunchy almond French toast
As delicious as simple French toast may be, there’s nothing wrong with striving to make it better. ...
Yemenite multi – layered flatbread (malawach)
Jachnun is not the only Yemenite pastry to become a household item in Israeli cuisine. Malawach, its ...
Bulgarian / Romanian rustic vegetable stew (guvech)
Looking for a Shabbat dinner centerpiece or a hearty midweek meal? Picture cubes of eggplant, zucchini, ...
Sephardi chestnut, rice and lamb plov
Cooler weather and falling leaves bring to mind quiet evenings in front of the fireplace, noshing warm ...
Shavuot
Israeli Biscoff cookie cheesecake
One of the most popular cakes in Israel is a biscuit cookie cake. It's the simplest no-bake cake of ...
Winter squash, goat cheese and turmeric quiche
Winter squash variety are so beautiful to look at, it's crazy how delicious they are as well. This quiche ...
Basque burnt cheesecake
The trendiest of all cheesecakes (for now, at least) comes from the Basque region of Spain. Despite ...
Bulgarian feta, yogurt and phyllo pastry (banitsa)
Banitsa comes from the Turkish family of pastries called borek, that spread throughout the Ottoman Empire. ...
Sukkot
The sweet taste of Torah
“And He said unto me: 'Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that ...
Kreplach (Ashkenazi dumplings)
Kreplach are Ashkenazi dumplings, similar to pierogi, stuffed with meat or potato and served in chicken ...
Imam Bayildi, Turkish stuffed eggplant
Imam Bayildi (literally, the Imam swooned) is a popular Turkish dish of stuffed eggplant with tomato ...
Grapefruit, macadamia and herb tabbouleh
Tabbouleh is an Arab salad from the Levant that's popular in Israel as well. The original salad is made ...
Tisha B'Av
Jerusalem bagel (ka’ak)
Jerusalem bagel, or ka'ak Al-Quds in Arabic, is a Palestinian elongated ring shaped bread that's coated ...
Egyptian rice, lentil and tomato sauce dish (koshari)
Koshari is a popular Egyptian street food, that consists of an impossible combination of rice, lentils, ...
Turkish lentil and bulgar patties (Mercimek köftesi)
Lentil dishes are common for time of mourning, like shiva and Tisha B’Av. Their round shape symbolizes ...
lentils and rice (mejadra)
The fast of Tisha B’Av commemorates multiple tragedies in the Jewish history. The destructions of ...
Tu BiShvat
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 ...
Syrian red pepper and walnut dip (muhammara)
Muhammara is a roasted red pepper and walnut dip that is likely originated from Syria, although it is ...
Middle Eastern granola
Granola is one of those pantry staples that’s worth the small effort of making at home. Not only does ...
Ashura (Noah’s pudding) for Tu BiShvat
Growing up in Israel, celebrating Tu BiShvat was very intuitive. In Jewish tradition, Tu BiShvat marks ...
Yom Ha'Atzmaut
Sirloin shishlik with dried apricot
Shishlik or shashlik are skewers of meat chunks that come originally from Turkey, but spread all over ...
Israeli cabbage salad
This modest cabbage salad is part of any falafel and shawarma stand around Israel. It is also a wonderful ...
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 ...
Israeli chocolate “balls”
Israeli chocolate "balls" are simple, no-bake cocoa, butter and tea biscuits cookies truffles rolled ...
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur food: What to eat before and after the fast
“It once happened in Rome on the eve of the great fast [Yom Kippur]... ...that a certain tailor went ...
Libyan sweet rolls for Yom Kippur (bolo)
My friend Delphine Gamburg, a French-Israeli, remembers how as a young girl in Paris, her Algerian-born ...
Chicken liver stuffed matzo balls
Matzo balls, the beloved Ashkenazi dumplings, need no introduction here. This version, which I've seen ...
Date and honey cake
On Rosh Hashanah, Jews of most communities say a blessing on apples dipped in honey and serve honey ...