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From Idea to Product
Photo: a look into my freezer. During the past two years of restretching and developing our tahini plant-based ice cream, my freezer was...
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- 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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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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- 4 min
Candy does grow on trees
In the late 18th century, European Jews were required to adopt fixed family names. Demonstrating their connection to the holy land, my...
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- 3 min
Halvah
Halvah evokes sweet, pleasant memories of childhood. My family used to go on day trips on weekends, often stopping at one of the halvah...
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Memories of red sour tomatoes and tahini sauce
I was a very picky eater as a child. In this photo, my mother feeds me while I’m distracted by a toy, with my brother's and aunt's help....
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Tahini for breakfast
Breakfast is the day's first meal, breaking the previous night’s fasting period. Breakfast meals vary in different cultures and places...
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The Carob
I have powerful memories of the flavor and aroma of carob since I was a kid. There was one large carob tree near the playground that I...
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Baking with Tahini
Leave the grain flour to a conventional bread, and use tahini to bake a nice loaf of seed bread. How is it possible? If you have ever...
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