Book Review: The Lion Seeker
Reviewed by Glenn Frankel
Study all Night: The Story of Jews and Coffee
Jews and coffee share an invigorating history.
David Marash: A Jew in Al Jazeera’s House
In the Studio with Dave Marash
Dave Marash is on the air, seated at the news anchor desk in a television studio on K Street in...
A Moment with Claudia Roden
Cairo-born Claudia Roden’s first cookbook, A Book of Middle Eastern Food, published in 1968, was described by James Beard as a “landmark in the field of...
Buon Appetito! Rome’s “Jewish Soul Food”
by Alison Morse
Most days, Attilio Pavoncello, an Italian Jew and amateur chef, can be found on Via Portico D’Ottavia, the main street of Rome’s former...
Halvah Filo Cheesecake
Courtesy of A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking by Marcy Goldman
Makes 14 to 16 servings
Filo crust
2 filo pastry leaves
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted
Filling
4 eggs plus...
Open Sesame: The History of Halvah
by Nevin Martell
The first time I tasted halvah was on Manhattan’s Lower East Side after a long night on the town. I wandered into a...
Voila! French Jewish Food Arrives!
Joan Nathan, the queen of Jewish American and Israeli cookbooks, takes to the old continent in her new book, Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for...
Stuffed Cabbage Recipe
Stuffed Cabbage
Filling:
2 beaten eggs
1 pound ground beef
½ cup cooked rice
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon grated onion
(or 1/2 cup chopped and
cooked in oil)
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon...
Stuffed Cabbage: A Comfort Food for All Ages
What you call it usually depends on where your grandmother came from.
Recipe for Libyan Chraime
(Serves 4)
Ingredients
1 cup soy oil
olive oil, for frying
1 onion, sliced into rings
A head of fresh garlic, coarsely chopped
1 tsp. hot paprika
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. ras al...