DC’s “Cool” New Restaurant
Restaurateur Ashok Bajaj’s new Sababa brings modern and traditional Israeli and Middle Eastern flavors to Cleveland Park. And its name, which means “cool,” has its own special story.
Alon Shaya: A Chef and a Storyteller
Award-winning chef Alon Shaya’s new cookbook isn’t your ordinary cookbook. Instead of appetizers, entrees and desserts chapters, it’s broken up into short stories about his life with recipes for each period.
Flódni to Remember
Meet flódni, the sweet specialty of Jewish Budapest, a humble, but towering cake of five layers of dough and four different traditional Jewish fillings—apple, walnut, poppy seed and plum jam.
How to Throw a Dumpling Party
It’s a dumpling party—grab your friends, and start filling and folding! With a variety of fillings (meat and vegetarian), there’s something for everyone. And the workload is lightened when everyone helps.
Manna Falls in Downtown DC
To prepare for opening Manna at the Museum of the Bible, Chef Todd Gray and his wife Ellen Kassoff Gray did research on Bible-era diets and traveled to Israel to learn more.
Going for a Global Cookbook Dive
Visiting cookbooks from the past couple of years, Sheilah takes us on a culinary tour of the world—from Scandinavia to Tunisia and Eastern Europe, Israel and South Africa via New York.
This is How She Rolls
Melanie Shurka’s New York City restaurant Kubeh is a modern-day ode to the beloved Middle Eastern “dumpling” served across the Middle East and adopted by Jews who came to Israel.
Cooking Classes Are a Community Recipe
A program from the World Zionist Organization, Cooking Up In Hebrew, gathers groups all over the world for a series of cooking workshops in which participants cook, eat and learn Hebrew together.
In Latke Season, Go Korean!
Korean potato pancakes start with the same ingredients as Ashkenazi latkes, but the addition of scallions and kimchi add an extra kick. And don’t plan on serving them with applesauce…
From “Mountain Jews,” Fried Dumplings
Chanukah has never been a big part of the religious traditions of Kavkazi Jews (“Mountain Jews”), but the community’s cuisine features many fried foods that fit the theme of the holiday perfectly.
