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Ethiopian, Feature story, Pastries & Breads, Shabbat

The biblical roots of Ethiopian sweet bread

The Ethiopian-Jewish community marks Sigd, a holiday of self-examination with prayers and fasting, broken with a ceremonial challah-style bread called dabo.

Chasidic challah
Ashkenazi, Israeli, Pastries & Breads, Rosh Hashanah, Shabbat

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 Challah with dried fruit
chef's recipe, Pastries & Breads, Tu BiShvat

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 […]

Siete Cielos challah (seven heavens challah)
Greek, Pastries & Breads, Sephardi, Shavuot

Seven heavens challah for Shavuot

Not as glorious as Rosh Hashanah, not as holy as Yom Kippur, and lacking that perfect timing of Passover, right […]

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, […]