- 2 min
Tahini Meets Chocolate
Cultures across the Middle East have been using tahini in desserts for generations (think, halvah!) before US pastry chefs started to...
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- 2 min
About Tahini
Sesame seeds - tahini's single ingredient - are one of the oldest crops known to humanity; initially, they were mainly used as a source...
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- 4 min
Jewish Challah Bread
It's Friday, and markets and bakeries in Israel are stocked with challah bread. Today, Challah comes in many shapes and sizes (and grain...
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- 5 min
Candy does grow on trees
In the late 18th century, it was mandatory for Jews in Europe to adopt fixed family names. My ancestors, expressing their affinity to the...
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