You won’t be able to keep these halvah-like cookies around for long. And they couldn’t be simpler to make.
We never thought to use tehina in baking, but this recipe produces the most meltingly delicious cookies …

Dried galingal root is a Middle East spice great for nausea and flatulence.
In Mama Nazima’s Jewish-Iraqi Cuisine, author Rivka Goldman mentions that her mother cooked soup to help invalids regain strength. Well, all the recipes …

Purim, one of the most colorful and popular holidays in Judaism (probably because it is a mitzva to get, ahem, inebriated), is coming up this Saturday evening.  Colorful because it involves getting dressed up in …

Eggplant seems an unlikely soup ingredient. But blended with vegetable stock, herbs, and cream, the shiny purple vegetable makes a creamy soup full of Middle-Eastern flavors.
Now is when eggplant is coming into season in the …

There’s really no better way to get to know someone than by sitting down and sharing a meal. Sarah Melamed, plant biologist and naturalist, aims to make those connections happen by recreating recipes from all over …

Fresh za’atar at Ramla Open-Air Market
Chef Moshe Basson created this pungent, chunky pesto in just a few minutes, right under our eyes.
According to Wikipedia, Za’atar (Arabic: زعتر‎, also romanized as zaatar, za’tar, zatar, zatr, …

A culinary heritage centuries old is preserved in this cookbook.
This is a Jewish collector’s cookbook. It contains 100 old-fashioned recipes that evolved out of the centennial Jewish presence in Iraq, plus a synopsis of …

I’d always admired people who eat wild vegetables.  No water gets pumped and no gas is drilled to get those plants to the market. But as an immigrant without a horticultural bent, I needed guidance. …

Taste of Beirut blog features authentic Lebanese cuisine and a great give-away.
I love this blog. I love Lebanese food, and author Joumana, a Lebanese ex-pat living in the States, presents recipe after delicious-looking recipe, Slow …

It’s easy to cultivate chickweed (a vitamin powerhouse) on your windowsill for a quick springtime salad.
Karin went foraging in her backyard, but wasn’t sure which weeds were edible. One of the most prevalent edible weeds …