Category Archives: Holidays / Fiestas Judias
Introducing Sephardic Sweets
Cooked sweets - purees, compotes, marmalades, pastes, hard candies and whole preserves – are an important component of the Sephardic culinary tradition and social custom. Whole fresh and dried fruits, citrus peel, flower petals, seeds, nuts and even vegetables are transformed into confections of various textures, … Continue reading
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Why buy the whole cow…
Wow. No sooner did I announce online that I’m selling a Passover cookbook than someone wrote to ask why they should pay for my recipes when there are so many available for free on the web. So, here’s why…
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I never forget there are mysterious forces at work
I’m just back from 24 hours without heat, light or (gasp!) phone service. Me and 249,999 other homes on the Costa Brava, and all because of a freaky, freaky snow storm. So much for life in a temperate zone! Blinding, … Continue reading
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If spring is around the corner…
Winter is SO incredibly long and then suddenly – suddenly! – it feels like spring again. Okay, maybe not where you are. But last week we were still running around in winter coats and for the past two days I’ve … Continue reading
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Guevos Haminados / Huevos Jaminados (Glosario)
Hay un articulo nuevo hoy en el glosario castellano, sobre los “huevos haminados”. Se lo encuentra aquí.
Ashkenazi Mina, Anyone?
Dear Janet, My grandparents Nissim, and Virginia, originally came from Istanbul, and the area in Bulgaria just over the Turkish border. I grew up eating borekas, spinach pies, haviar (tarama), biscochos, et al. But there is one dish my grandmother … Continue reading
Pepitada (glossary)
PEPITADA (“peh-pi-TAH-dtha”) is a Ladino word indicating a beverage ‘made from fruit pip (seeds)’. The “-ada” suffix is the equivalant of “-ade” in English, as in lemonade. Pepitada is a milky-looking drink made by steeping crushed melon seeds in cold … Continue reading
A grain by any other name: more about Kolva
I’ve mentioned before how recipe names morph, which can make research tricky. Early in April, in response to a question submitted here, I wrote about a wheat pudding called colva or kolva. The one reliable reference I had found was a 1922 survey on … Continue reading
