Finding the Beat of Food and Health
Born and raised in Israel, Chef Zipora Einav works as a private chef to many celebrity clients. Her first book pairs healthy recipes with a classical-music CD with techno beats.
A Kosher Adventure in Africa
South Africa has a rich Jewish history, including a vibrant Jewish community and many kosher eateries. But many vestiges still remain of the country’s difficult and less palatable past.
“Meat” the Revolution
There’s a revolution going on as we speak, one that’s poised to change the way we eat and our environment: the clean meat revolution, which involves meat made from animal cells.
It’s a Citrus Celebration!
Can’t make it to Israel this week for Yom Ha’atzmaut? Load up on several types of citrus, one of Israel’s biggest and best-known exports, and celebrate at home.
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.
