Almond and cherry braid
Puff pastry is very popular in Israel, for both savory and sweet baked goods. It replaces phyllo and ...
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 ...
Beet, tomato and pomegranate salad
To make this Persian inspired salad even easier to prepare, use pre-roasted beets and peeled pomegranate ...
Black-eyed pea and butternut squash salad
While this is a perfect fall time salad that will take you all the way to spring, it can also be served ...
Braised brisket with root vegetables & prunes
Ashkenazi Jews specialize in making the best out of cheap cuts of beef (tongue, anyone?) and brisket ...
Bulgarian feta noodle kugel
This may look like any noodle kugel, but the use of feta in this Bulgarian-Jewish dish, adds a kick ...
Butternut Squash and Rice Salad with Feta and Sumac
This wonderful salad is inspired by the late Orna and Ella bistro in Tel Aviv.
Butternut Squash, Chicken and Harissa Rice
A fall variation of a classic Palestinian upside-down rice dish, originally made with layers of eggplant ...
Cauliflower and cheese pashtida (kugel)
Israelis love pashidot (plurals of pashtida, which is a crustless pie, or a casserole, or simply put, ...
Cauliflower, Water Cress and Feta Salad with Green Goddess Dressing
It’s true that at this point most of us are tired of winter, snow and root vegetables and that we’re ...
Celery root and Swiss chard pashtida (kugel)
In Israel we would've called it Pashtida. Kugel, casserole, or spoon bread sounds as good.
Ceviche-tabbouleh salad
Two summer favorites, one South American, the other Arab, are mixed here for one fun salad. And in a ...
Chicken and White Wine Soup With Spinach Matzo balls
An Italian-inspired delicacy, perfect for any Jewish holiday. If you’re making this soup for Passover, ...
Chicken in red wine and orange
Chicken liver stuffed matzo balls
Matzo balls, the beloved Ashkenazi dumplings, need no introduction here. This version, which I've seen ...
Chicken, potato and eggplant in pomegranate and date syrup
This recipe is influenced by traditional the Persian cuisine's use of sour pomegranate syrup in cooking, ...
Chopped liver
I can't think of anything more indulgent, more comforting, than freshly made, still warm, chopped liver ...
Classic tzimmes
Tzimmes, the classic sweet carrot dish, started as a very meaty dish of carrots and beef cooked in goose ...
Date and honey cake
On Rosh Hashanah, Jews of most communities say a blessing on apples dipped in honey and serve honey ...
Date as a symbolic Rosh Hashanah food
This time of the year, when the first signs of fall are evident and Rosh Hashanah is on its way, is ...
Date, Whiskey and Mascarpone Tart
This Middle Eastern-Italian-inspired tart can fit well on your traditional Thanksgiving table, as well ...
Dates stuffed with goat cheese
Madjool dates of the highest quality, meaning very ripe and tender, will work best for this recipe. ...
Ethiopian Shabbat and holiday bread (dabo)
Dabo is an Ethiopian bread that is served by Ethiopian Jews during Shabbat and holidays as a challah. ...
Festive breads for Rosh Hashanah
Mtzlal Redie Wossihun still remembers her mother getting ready to bake the misowat (or masawayt), bread ...
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.) ...
Georgian stuffed eggplant rolls (Nigvziani Badrijani)
Nigvziani Badrijani combines everything that's good about the Georgian cuisine, including eggplant, ...
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, ...
Herb salad with pomegranate and pecans
Honey babka for Rosh Hashanah
Eating honey on Rosh Hashanah is a tradition that was first mentioned in the writings of the Geonim ...
Honey for Rosh Hashanah? Time to Think Again
It’s hard to find many things all Jews can agree on. In fact, it’s probably impossible. But there ...
Honey, orange and hazelnut babka
either Russian-style simple roulade-shaped cakes, or the German-Austrian kugelhopf style pastries. Braided ...
Horseradish and beet sauce (chrein)
Is there anything that says Ashkenazi food more than a bowl of chrein? Try this homemade version, that ...
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 ...
Iraqi quince and almond candies (luzina)
Luzina is a modern version of a medieval Arab candy made of almonds. According to The Oxford Companion ...
Italian Rosh Hashanah cake: Sfratto Dei Goym (Eviction of the Goyim)
On a trip to Tuscany in 2011, I visited Pitigliano, a small medieval town located on a tuff hill in ...
Jerusalem Kugel
I’m not a kugel type of girl, but Jerusalem kugel, the peppery, caramelized, overnight version stole ...
Khenagi, Georgian walnut matzo balls
Khenagi are Georgian matzo balls made with matzo meal, ground walnuts, onion and eggs and cooked in ...
Khoresht fesenjan – Persian chicken, pomegranate and walnut stew
Khoresht fesenjan is one of the most beloved stews from the Persian cuisine. Walnut with pomegranate ...
Ladino in the air, Sephardi foods on the table
Another month, another mouthwatering potluck for Washington’s group of Ladino-speaking Jews: Lilian ...
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 ...
Leek kifteh (kiftikas de prasa)
Excellent with or without meat, these latkes are hard to resist, especially hot straight out of the ...
Moroccan carrot salad
A classic and well loved Moroccan salad, here with a little twist, using tamarind paste for extra intense ...
Moroccan pastilla
Pastilla is a phyllo dough pastry stuffed with shredded chicken and dried fruit from the Moroccan ...
Moroccan sweet couscous with chicken (tanziyah)
Tanziyah is a unique dish that combines chicken in a rich sweet-savory sauce of dried fruit and red ...
New tzimmes
A new take on ashkenazi tzimmes, with heavy Persian influence. The rainbow carrots are roasted ...
Oshpelo, Uzbeki lamb, carrot and rice dish
Oshpelo, (also osh or plov,) is Uzbekistan’s national rice dish that’s cooked with meat, carrots ...
Oy Gevalt! Rosh Hashanah is Tonight!
Or everything you need in order to prepare a full festive feast in three hours or less (including, but ...
Persian chickpea & chicken matzo ball soup (Gondi)
Gondi are dumplings of chickpea flour and ground chicken from the Persian cuisine that are very popular ...
Persian quince, prune and beef stew (khoresh e beh)
This wonderful member of the Persian stew family is filled with fall flavors and aroma thanks to the ...
Polish braised red cabbage and apple
A classic sweet and sour Polish combination of cabbage and apples. It's so simple to make, the ingredients ...
Pomegranate Margaritas
Quick Almond and sour cherry rice
Use any combination of roasted nuts and dried fruit in this simple dish. Some nice combinations are ...
Quick Israeli – Russian honey layered cake
Medovic is a wonderful Russian multi layered honey cake, smothered in sweet sour cream and covered with ...
Quick Kreplach with a trick in pho-chicken soup
You could always tell the time of year by looking at my Polish grandmother Rachel’s chicken soup: ...
Quick Matzo Ball Soup
To save time, and frankly, on calories too, the recipe calls for boneless and skinless chicken cuts. ...
Rainbow trout over tomato, beans and arak salad
The tomato, cannellini beans and arak salad is excellent on its own. Use any fish fillet with skin on. ...
Red snapper crudo with oregano, preserved lemon and yogurt
Take a classic Italian dish of raw fish, dress it with Middle Eastern staples like zaatar, preserved ...
Roasted baby potato in rosemary and garlic
Use either baby gold potatoes or fingerling potatoes. The advantage of the latter is that you do not ...
Roasted eggplant in labneh and pomegranate
For this recipe we’re using Italian eggplants, that are smaller and lighter than the common eggplant. ...
Rosh Hashanah Seder Blessings (Yehi Ratzon)
Symbolic prayers for Rosh Hashanah seder, also known as Yehi Ratzones, named after the beginning of ...
Rye-chocolate-honey marble cake
Honey cake are an essential part of the Jewish High Holidays. They're served on Rosh Hashanah when we ...
Sephardi fish in lemon and egg sauce (Pescado con limon y huevo)
Pescado con lemon y huevo is a Sephardi fish in lemon-egg sauce, that is served year round, but is great ...
Strawberry in pomegranate & arak soup
Fresh strawberries swim in a cold sweet-tart pomegranate soup (Or better yet, make it alcoholic by adding ...
Stuffed Swiss chard
It is customary to serve stuffed vegetables for Simchat Torah, the day of celebration of the Torah, ...
Swiss chard kifteh (latkes)
A classic recipe from the Sephardi cuisine, these kifteh are part of the Rosh Hashanah blessing table ...
Tahini and honey cake
Perfect for Rosh Hashanah and year round. The tahini makes the cake unbelievably moist and full of mild ...
The Cuisine of the Jews of Georgia
Temuri Yakobashvili and Yana Fremer celebrate the Jewish High Holidays at their home in Washington, ...
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 ...
The Power of Couscous
Einat Admony is an Israeli chef known for her modern and irreverent interpretations of Middle Eastern ...
Tilapia and Pomegranate Ceviche
The Sephardi tradition for Rosh Hashanah includes multiple symbolic blessings over a variety ...
Tunisian fish in spicy sauce (chraimeh)
Chaimeh is a classic recipe from the Tunisian cuisine, and a favorite among Israelis of all origins. ...
Tunisian pumpkin salad (tirshi)
Let’s talk gourds. Jewish texts mention four types of gourds: cucumber, melon, watermelon and ...
Vanilla ice cream with apple and honey topping
Super easy Rosh Hashanah themed dessert. Use vegan ice cream if you need it to be parve. I prefer the ...
Your Guide to the Symbolic Foods of the Rosh Hashanah Seder
The Yehi Ratzon blessings, which have their roots in the Babylonian Talmud, have been rising in popularity ...
