A recipe for Chinese scallion pancakes: they are easy to make and perfect alongside an Asian meal. Parve, of course.

Here is a must of Tunisian cooking: fricassés. They are sandwiches made with fried bread, like savory doughnuts, filled with tuna, hard-boiled eggs, olives, and cooked and fresh salads. Sounds heavy? Give them a try, they are always a hit, especially in mini size for your buffets and cocktail parties!

Cheese friands sometimes bring back school cafeteria memories, where they were a fairly classic starter, and often more successful than the rest of the meal, to be honest. And there’s nothing complicated about them: a few good-quality basic ingredients and you’re ready to play with this recipe that everyone always loves. Here is a classic version of the cheese friand.

These mini puff pastry hot dogs are a quick idea to put together, and everyone loves them.

This cashew cream is the perfect stand-in for classic crème fraîche or heavy cream. Its neutral flavor means you can use it in savory cooking as well as baking. It even works as a spread with drinks before dinner!

Beldi lemons are small lemons, about the size of a walnut, found mainly in North Africa and Israel. Their season is fairly short; I usually find them between December and January. Their thin skin makes them perfect for curing in salt, and they add a lovely fragrance to fresh salads, fish or tagines.

Shakshuka with merguez is an easy and truly wonderful dish: the tomatoes and bell peppers melt into a confit, then a runny egg goes on top. Perfect for a light Mediterranean-style meal!

Carrots with caraway are a Tunisian specialty and part of the traditional kemia (the spread of small appetizers served at the start of a holiday meal). It’s a delicious way to dress up carrots, and it happens to be vegan and parve.

Figs are here, and their season is short, so make the most of them! We don’t always think of figs in savory dishes, so here’s a delicious, comforting idea for a fall meal that breaks from the usual routine: this savory cake with figs, goat cheese and honey is perfect served with an endive salad. If you’re hosting a brunch one of these days, keep it in mind too.

Savory cake (cake salé) is a staple of cold summer meals, aperitifs and buffet dinners. Here is a recipe for a moist savory cake with deli meat, olives and chives. You can use this base and adapt it however you like.

More delicate than its cousin the cauliflower, broccoli doesn’t always get people dreaming. And yet… If you liked the Roasted Cauliflower, here is an excellent, simple recipe. Feel free to add it to your kemia (Tunisian mezze spread) or serve it alongside a baked fish. It’s vegan and parve.

These little Tunisian briks filled with potatoes, hard-boiled eggs and tuna mean holiday tables to me. The crunch of the pastry gives way to a soft, melting filling, a recipe to try and add to your appetizer spreads or buffets.

Here’s a recipe idea to make with brik pastry sheets, this time without frying - a crispy brik roll filled with merguez! A quick, flavorful recipe.

Chicken meatballs glazed with yakitori sauce, a delicious way to use ground chicken or turkey. Perfect on little skewers or served with rice.

Beef meatballs glazed in yakitori sauce, for a change of pace. Serve them on skewers as an appetizer or with rice as a main course.

These succulent little dumplings are among the dim sum we love most. They are easier to make than they look, and they freeze well too.

Crispy, tender shrimp fritters (I use kosher imitation shrimp), just like at a Chinese restaurant.

Here’s an essential Israeli appetizer, smoky eggplant with tahini. It’s traditionally cooked over an open flame, which gives it that very characteristic taste. Here we like it with a little tomato, lots of tahini and cilantro. The result is melting and creamy. If you think you don’t like eggplant, give it a chance with this recipe!

Here is a Tunisian zucchini salad that will fit right in among your kemia (Tunisian mezze). It is perfect when you are making a couscous.

It was in London that I discovered egg salad, which the British love to eat in sandwiches. I adore this salad; it has more bite than our traditional French œuf-mayo (hard-boiled eggs with mayonnaise) thanks to the scallions and mustard. I also add a small, finely minced shallot, and it always gets devoured in minutes, even by the kids. You can enjoy it on bread, on challah, or use it to fill mini rolls for an appetizer.

Tomato tart, Provençal, summery, indulgent - here we are crazy about it! The secret to making it really flavorful is to let the tomatoes marinate with the herbs and aromatics before baking. Try it once and it will become a must of your summer.