I love lamb! It is a high-quality protein with a lot of vitamins and minerals as long as you choose the chops without fat or
Many people recall the ritual of kapparot prior to Yom Kippur, to symbolically transfer one’s sins to a chicken that is then slaughtered and donated
My favorite fall-winter fruit are apples.I believe the adage that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Although the phrase was from Benjamin Franklin,
The pomegranate was one of the seven species of Israel, and because of the idea that each one has 613 seeds, the number of mitzvot
Here are some recipes using honey for Rosh Hashanah. Two Layer Apple & Honey Cake This was in my recipes files, but I have made
When it’s just plain too hot to cook, I start looking through my recipes for something that sounds refreshing and cool. Here are a few
With the abundance of summer vegetables in open markets and grocery stores, a fun thing to make is relishes. The earliest known American relish was
When the weather really gets to the boiling point in Jerusalem and elsewhere, my thoughts go to cold soups. Try these fan favorites when temperatures
Dinner salads are a great thing you make when you’ve had a long day and don’t feel like spending a lot of time preparing in
One of my favorite salads, which I keep finding on more and more Jerusalem restaurant menus, is Caesar salad. It was invented in the early
My Favorite Easy Baked Fondue 4-6 servings 24 hours before serving: 1 loaf French bead cut into ½-inch slices ¼ cup soft butter or margarine
We all know soufflés are French, and they actually are associated with two 18th-century chefs— Vincent de la Chapelle, from France, who cooked for the
