These are the most delightful, simple-to-make and—best of all—easy-to-eat honey snap biscuits, perfect for Rosh Hashanah (or any time of year). Huge thanks to Carolyn Levitt in Perth for sharing…
Honey Snap Biscuits
About the Author
Lisa, a self-confessed fresser, started professional life as a lawyer and has enormous passion for food, cooking and preserving recipes. She has a great understanding of, and connection to, the Jewish community, and since 2006 has been Chief Pot Stirrer of the Monday Morning Cooking Club. This project has changed Lisa’s life and taken her obsession with food to a whole new level.
A Snapshot of Cooking in the Diaspora
For their third cookbook (now available in the US), the Monday Morning Cooking Club found Jewish home cooks with great stories and delicious recipes—of course—all over the world.
Fried Baby Chicken (Backhendl)
Recipe contributed by Anita Zweig. Anita is the grandmother of a friend of ours, and one of the many highlights of our testing year was going to Anita’s home in…
Hot Gingerbread Cake with Egg Sauce
Recipe contributed by Gloria Jacobson Pink. We understand why this is Gloria’s grandchildren’s favorite cake. And why they love the egg sauce almost more than the cake! We had never…
Flourless Apple, Almond and Ginger Cake
Sue Sanders found this recipe while working with a lady who is gluten intolerant. “At that time there weren’t many recipes for her dietary needs and I wanted to make…
Aunty Myrna’s Carrot Tzimmes
Aunty Myrna made these traditional Rosh Hashanah honeyed carrots each year. I can picture her telling me how it represents the wish for a sweet (thanks to the honey) and…
Flommen Tsimmes Brisket
This recipe comes from the kitchen of Jacqui Wasilewsky, Sydney, Australia: “My family ate this sweet brisket at Pesach and Rosh Hashanah. Originally from my grandmother, who was quite secretive…
Six Women Walk into a Kitchen…
Ten years ago six passionate Jewish women in Australia started the Monday Morning Cooking Club. Since then, they’ve written two cookbooks (another on the way!), sold 50,000 and raised $500,000 for charity.
Chocolate Yeast Kugelhopf
A gorgeous golden cake with a just-crusty-enough sugary top and a soft slightly bready inside swirled with gooey chocolate. Perfect for afternoon tea, even better served warm for breakfast. It’s…
