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Vegan Purim Recipes
Adar2: Chocolate truffles With Purim happening this week, I wanted to share of my simple, delicious, and vegan Purim recipes. Also, check out many of the great organization’s on the resources page for...
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Vegan Sweet Noodle Kugel
Vegan sweet noodle kugel I’m going to be creating vegan updates to many traditional Ashkenazi dishes. Even though the recipes will be schmaltz and dairy-free, the dishes generally are still unhealthy...
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Rishikesh, Kitchari, and Passover
I spent a good chunk of last year in India. While there are still tiny remaining Indian Jewish communities (read my Fort Cochin post), there is now a transient Jewish population of tens of thousands of...
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Shabbat with Fassis
Fes potato dish I took a whirlwind trip to Morocco just before Pesach that focused on visits to historic Jewish sites and spending time with remaining Jewish communities. The 2,000 year history of Jews...
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Harissa and more Morocco
Harissa My Jewish-centric trip to Morocco began and ended in Casablanca, a sprawling coastal mega-city that is choked with traffic and filled with endless buildings of peeling white paint. The city is...
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Rosh Hashana: Easy Baked Apples
Baked apples for Rosh Hashana I love visiting farmers markets wherever I am in the world to explore the diversity of local produce and foods, talk with farmers, and soak in the festive atmosphere. And,...
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Yom Kippur Break-fast: Scottish Pea and Mint Soup
I had approached a recent 10 day summer holiday in Scotland with a bit of trepidation, expecting endless cold rain and being stuck in pubs eating chips for lack of any other food. Instead, it was...
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Sukkot: Poverty and Ecology (and Stuffed Spaghetti Squash)
Sukkot Stuffed Spaghetti Squash Sukkot is one of my favorite holidays for the obvious reasons: a harvest festival, the ultimate farm-to-table holiday filled with delicious meals eaten outside. I offer...
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Simchat Torah: Stuffed Cabbage
Simchat Torah Stuffed Cabbage Serving stuffed cabbage is a common dish for Simchat Torah. The recipe I share with you is from a dear friend–like a family member–who lives in Tel Aviv. I have had...
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Vegan Cholent
Cholent is truly a Jewish food. Jewish communities around the world prepare it specially for Shabbat, each with its own variation in name and ingredients. Also called dafina or skinha (Morocco) and...
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Tu B’shevat toasts
Tu B’shevat toasts Tu B’shevat–the new year celebration of trees and also known as the Jewish Earth Day–means eating lots of delicious fruits with edible interiors, edible exteriors, and edible...
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Nina’s Apple Cake
Nina’s apple cake This is the story of an apple cake. But not the ingredients or how to make it. It’s the story of its maker—someone who brought warmth and joy to my family’s home for Shabbat meals and...
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Purim: Vegan Treats and Sustainable Tips
This Purim round-up includes lots of tips and recipes to help you prepare plastic-free, vegan, healthy-ish and sustainable mishloach manot (gift baskets). There’s a range of recipes including, of...
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Passover Recipes & Travel
Orange trees are everywhere in Morocco, including train stations. I spent a couple of years as a bit of a wandering Jew, and a consistent theme in my travels was the need to find some sense of...
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206: Roasted Cauliflower
roasted cauliflower with tahini, though I did not add enough tahini! Though we are in the midst of counting the Omer each night, from Passover to Shavuot, I am sharing a recipe and number that has zero...
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Tel Aviv Tivoni
The ubiquitous “vegan friendly” sign at the Tel Aviv Vegan Fest Tel Aviv, aptly called the global vegan (tivoni) capital of the world, is the hub of a culinary, social and consciousness movement that...
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Salad at Hummus Yossef
My Hummus Yossef’s salad. I don’t have the guts to declare one place with the best hummus. I will decidedly write, though, that I eat a lot of hummus, and taste test it the way some do with wines,...
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Rosh Hashana: Apple Galette & a Plant Forward New Year
Apple galette As we reflect on our own behaviors of the past year during the High Holidays, we must examine the impacts of our food choices. We are living in a world that is experiencing the effects of...
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Yom Kippur Break-Fast: Easy Squash Soup
Break-fast squash soup Fasting is hard for me and I prepare by spending days whittling down meals, drinking an excessive amount of water, and gobbling as many nuts as possible just before the fast...
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Sukkot: Environmental Refugees and Stuffed Kabocha Squash
Sukkot is a harvest festival that allows us to experience and reflect upon our vulnerability and fragility in the world. All of the practices of this holiday–celebrating fall harvest foods, inviting...
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