Instant Pot Lamb Vindaloo
I really love flavourful food, but I’m incredibly sensitive to chilli of any kind, so even when there was a kosher Indian restaurant in London, I sat by and watched my family and friends enjoy curry while I ate plain rice. Here is my recreation of a Lamb vindaloo, with much thanks to our friends […]
Oven-Fried Fish Fingers (Sticks)
Adapted from America’s Test Kitchen Jews are credited with introducing fish fried in oil to Britain, and it has since become a national dish. In this recipe, we take that comforting national dish and move it from the frying pan into the oven — same amazing crispy results with a different cooking method. When working […]
MY FAVOURITE LENTIL SOUP
I grew up in a very European home, dinner every night of the week was started with soup. Even though we rarely sat together as a family for dinner aside from Friday nights. My mom would always have a soup ready as the opening course of any supper. I’m not as consistent as my mother, […]
Bagels or is it Beigels?
Nothing in my experience across all cultures is more unifying than food. And long after many of the other customs of Judaism have faded from individual practice, you will find people are nostalgic about their Jewish food, of what they once ate at their grandmother’s house. So I have studied Jewish food and shared the […]
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, […]
