RICOTTA FRITTERS
In the Middle Ages, just as pancakes were reemerging as a daily food across Europe after a hiatus of several hundred years, the custom to eat fried food as well as dairy on Hanukkah was becoming popular among the Jews, especially in Spain and Italy. The Jews of Sicily had been known for their ricotta […]
CHURROS
These treats that many Americans tend to associate with state fairs and amusement parks actually have a contested history (Don’t you love it when the simplest of food actually has a personality and wants to fight its own corner!) So let’s discuss the churros history, here is what we know: Churros were brought to the […]
SALTED CARAMEL DOUGHNUTS
We lived in Israel from 1998 to 2014, during that time we saw the exponential growth of the doughnut culture, initially, it all started with the jam-filled doughnut, then the introduction of the Dulce de Leche doughnut – it was a revelation that you could fill a doughnut with anything other than jam. This is […]
DOUBLE PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIES
By Roy Stern from the ‘What’s cooking at Aseh Chayil?’ community cookbook The idea of community cookbooks made its way to Israel with American immigrants. In the ‘What’s Cooking at Aseh Chayil’ community cookbook published to raise funds for the local elementary school in Efrat. The committee collected recipes in both Hebrew and English and […]
ORANGE AND BLUEBERRY YOGURT CAKE
Over the years cake has been my saviour, whenever I would get overwhelmed by the world around me, I took a beat and headed into the kitchen, the act of taking out my mixing bowl, following a recipe, and an hour later having a cake would center me. This cake combines all my favorite things, […]
SESAME NOODLES
Adapted from the Kosher Palette The Kosher Palette ushered in a new era of community cookbook, it was a cross between a community cookbook, of lots of people sharing their very best recipes, and cookbook writer Susie Fishbein’s skills as a cook and recipe writer, also new to the community cookbook was the inclusion of […]
CAULIFLOWER VEGETARIAN CURRY
Long ago one of my ancestors was born in India, even though the connection is distant, I still love to know that my ancestor comes from all over the Jewish world, including India. Jews have been in India for many generations, and what is wonderful about Indian cuisine is that today it is accessible to […]
