On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me - 3 kilos of cumquats, fresh from the tree. That’s why I’ve been making a spicy, delicate cumquat marmalade. Recipe, plus heartwarming Jerusalem Christmas story all here this week.
Day + Night cake
soup + fish
kickstart!
Just Add Love
kugel
A recipe for Cheese and Noodle Kugel, a Jewish version of Mac & Cheese, the supreme comfort food. It’s the recipe of American artist Mindy Weisel, the daughter of 2 Auschwitz Survivors and one of the first babies born in Bergen-Belsen after WW2. Fascinating reflections on being a child of Survivors.
saffron chicken
This Week Food is Love is cooking saffron chicken. We have 2 delicious recipes. One dish with Saffron, Rosewater and Hazelnuts The other with Saffron, Turmeric and Lemon. Plus grand adventures! Follow Food is Love grandmother Ruth Hampel and her granddaughter Natalie on their month long Outback Road Trip.
Riviera
Akko Saffron
chestnut chocolate cake
fruit cake
A delicious, super-quick and easy fruit cake, recipe from a Viennese pastry chef. Plus in light of controversial Polish legislation on the Holocaust, we return to the story of Ruth Scheuer and Celina Widawski, Jewish women who survived WW2 in Poland by passing as Christians, living on fake ID papers.
Bigos
sour cherry & cheese strudel
chestnut soup
kasha
Beersheba
100 years after the Battle of Beersheba - commemorating an ANZAC victory in World War One. Moving stories of the Australian soldiers who fought there and their descendants. Plus a Cavalry charge! And a sugar free Blueberry and Zucchini bread to pack up in your old kit bag. Great stories and recipe this week.
When life gives you lemons and cumquats, make cumquat marmalade! Add star anise, cardamom and orange flower water and the result is warm, spicy and wonderful. Or mix it up with different spices and a little alcohol - you won’t be sorry!
Fancy summer in Jerusalem? in beaugiful historic Ein Kerem. in fact? try here …
What’s FB got to do with a Mediterranean recipe for vegan stuffed veges? You’ll find the whole story here, along with a wonderful tale of love and luck in post-WW2 USA, with a chance meeting on the Brooklyn train. Happy Passover and Happy Easter!
Two fab apple cakes for a sweet New Year. Simple lockdown-friendly recipes that you’ll make again and again. Wishing you all a happy healthy new year, and certainly a better one than the last!
It’s such a simple and delicious thing, so I’m responding to requests for recipes for Latkes by providing 3 different ones for this holiday season. The Jewish festival of Hannukah is the time to fry, baby, fry and to let the light in. Potato, carrot and sweet potato. Go on - have a go! Happy Holidays.
The amazing WW2 survival story of Agi Adler, may she rest in peace, who passed away this year. Archive photos and in-depth interviews about her life in Budapest before and during the war. Along with a recipe of course - the Hungarian potato bake Rakott Krumpli, the ultimate comfort food.
Quarantine Passover means making your own matzo balls - and chicken soup. Here are failsafe recipes for what is likely to be your smallest seder night, when you will have to make most dishes by yourself… matzo balls for anyone who’s never dared to make them before!