*If you are going to make a dessert tonight, you might as well use one of the Seven Species! Ingredients 12 ounces finely chopped pitted dates ¾ cup water ⅓ cup maple syrup 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind ⅔ cup sugar ½ cup butter, softened 1 cup all purpose flour 1 cup oats ¼ teaspoon baking soda…
While not technically one of the seven species, almonds (shaked in Hebrew) have become a sort of unofficial eighth species due to their close association with Tu B’Shvat. Almond trees grow all over Israel today and they tend to bloom right around the time that Tu B’Shvat usually occurs. Look for cardamom in your spice…
While not technically one of the seven species, almonds (shaked in Hebrew) have become a sort of unofficial eighth species due to their close association with Tu B’Shvat. Almond trees grow all over Israel today and they tend to bloom right around the time that Tu B’Shvat usually occurs. Look for cardamom in your spice…
*Bedouins are well-known in the Middle East for their hospitality. If you’ve ever had the good fortune to be invited into a Bedouin tent than you have most certainly had a cup of their tea. Bedouin have their own blends of teas that they make from the dried leaves of desert plants (habuck and marmaraya).…
*Bedouins are well-known in the Middle East for their hospitality. If you’ve ever had the good fortune to be invited into a Bedouin tent than you have most certainly had a cup of their tea. Bedouin have their own blends of teas that they make from the dried leaves of desert plants (habuck and marmaraya). In the…
*Koshari is the traditional Egyptian meal. It’s served in every restaurant, at every dinner table, and sold by any Cairo street vendor. Koshari is a very strange combination of noodles, rice, lentils, fried onions and chili sauce. Don’t be thrown by the ingredient list. For whatever reason this all-in-one meal is addicting. I love traveling…
*Tu B’Shvat (“New Year of the trees”) is one of the minor Jewish holidays. This winter holiday marks when to calculate the agricultural cycle for the purpose of biblical tithes. Each year on Tu B’shvat, Israelis eat a feast of dried fruits in keeping with the “New Year” holiday tradition and celebrating the seasonality of…
*Tu B’Shvat (“New Year of the trees”) is one of the minor Jewish holidays. This winter holiday marks when to calculate the agricultural cycle for the purpose of biblical tithes. Each year on Tu B’shvat, Israelis eat a feast of dried fruits in keeping with the “New Year” holiday tradition and celebrating the seasonality of the fruit tree. This recipe would make…
Ingredients 24 sheets phyllo dough 1 cup butter, melted for syrup 2 cups sugar 1 cup honey 1 and 1/2 cups water 2 tablespoons lemon juice 5 whole cloves for filling 4 cups pistachio, finely chopped 1/4 cup sugar 1 and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves Directions 1)Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease…
*In Israel anything that can be swabbed in humus should be swabbed in humus. With that in mind for lamb chops I spread a layer of humus over a serving dish and lay the lamb and its juices on top. Think about it. If lamb and humus didn’t go so good together Israel’s shawarma stands…