Former Cafe Europa chef (and competitor on the show “MKR My Kitchen Rules,” Yarden Shay recently joined us for our House Pot project, where guest chefs prepare a dish from their home at Cafe Asif. She made her signature pastilla — and shared the recipe. Pastilla is a festive pastry from Moroccan cuisine, made of phylloContinue reading “Polish Pastilla”
While each component of this recipe takes time, the glossy, diamond-shaped cookies are well worth it.
The Honey Walnut Cake uses just one saucepan (and the food processor), and the flavor and texture improve overnight as it soaks up the lemon-honey syrup
Chef Einat Admoni prepares baked apples with meringue for the Rosh Hashanah table – A festive and delicious way to celebrate the New Year
For Rosh Hashanah, local women made the same cake, a honey cake laced with orange juice and lemon zest. Beat the egg whites hard enough by hand and the cake’s interior will turn almost white, a point of pride for the town’s cooks
Alta Blima Hartstein, Baily Kohn’s great-grandmother, would make kindl for big family gatherings and holidays like Simchat Torah and Purim.
Etti Cohen traditionally prepares this Moroccan dish for special occasions when she’s home in Ofakim. Evacuated to Tel Aviv because of the war, she made it recently at Daniela Holtz’s home for our Open Kitchen initiative.
A dessert made of small knots of dough boiled in honey, teiglach is often served on Rosh Hashanah as a nod to a sweet new year
From mechanical pollinators to smart hives, these companies are helping ensure there’s honey for this Rosh Hashanah — and many to come.
This Persian chicken will beamed with pride in front of your guests
Festive rice, rich in herbs, lamb and pomegranates ready for the holiday table
Chef Einat Adomani’s pomegranate preserves gives the deep flavor and the beautiful color to this festive chicken
The holiday season is exactly the time to pull out the recipe for this classic and wonderful cake that fills the house with the smell of apples and cinnamon
Roasted vegetables, caramelized onions, and dried fruits are topped with roasted almonds, which add a welcome crunch
In this riff on the classic date roulade from Asif’s culinary director Chef Ayelet Latovitch, Barhi dates are smoked with herbs.
Chef Ayala Hodak’s recipes for shifteh berenji, a meatball-laden soup, brings together Persian limes, bunches of fresh herbs, and prunes.
This honey cake from New York baker Zoe Kanan is best made a few days before the holiday. The extra time allows the flavors to come together.
Stuffing onion sleeves requires practice and patience but the reward is well worth it. This recipe comes from a Lebanese Jewish family.
This plum tart recipe from award-winning cookbook author Joan Nathan makes the most of the short period when Italian plums are in season.
This layered dish of roasted eggplant, tomato, and beef comes from a Iraqi-Jewish cook Annabel Rabiya.
This bread pudding from chef Einat Admony brings together two classic Rosh Hashanah flavors, apples and dates, in one dessert.
This Persian soup from acclaimed cookbook author Rottem Lieberson is made with tangy pomegranate concentrate, herbs, and meatballs.
On Rosh Hashanah, Rottem Lieberson’s Persian grandmother Hanom used to serve this cold fresh apple drink with rose water and lemon.
A dish from the “Kitchen Hindi” (Baghdadi Jews of India), brought to us by Max Nye. Recommended for Rosh HaShana.
A Rosh HaShana dish from the “Kitchen Hindi” (Baghdadi Jews of India), brought to us by Max Nye.
A Rosh HaShana side dish from the “Kitchen Hindi” (Baghdadi Jews of India).
A dish from the “Kitchen Hindi” (Baghdadi Jews of India), brought to us by Max Nye.
Traditional Jewish-Mizrahi dish, for ceremonial blessings in Rosh Hashana (jewish new year) feast.
In the Sephardi and Mizrahi Rosh Hashanah tradition, there is a blessing at the start of the meal that says “May it be a year as sweet as honey.”
Celebratory Rosh Hashana (jewish new year) dish, bringing foreword the fresh seasonal barhi date.
Traditional Rosh Hashana (jewish new year) upgraded with middle eastern delicacies like pomegranate molasses and date honey.
Festive Rosh Hashana (jewish new year) dish, with pomegranate molasses.
Festive Rosh Hashana (jewish new year) dessert, made with kodoo (pumpkin jam) and nut cream.
