Schnitzel is more or less Israel’s national dish, right up there with hummus and falafel. Beautifully crispy chicken cutlets, first marinated and then breaded. A great way to cook your chicken cutlets.

A vegetarian take on chicken schnitzel, this crispy corn schnitzel is a version everyone at the table will agree on.

Here’s a very simple sauce made with sesame paste (tahini) that goes beautifully with roasted vegetables like eggplant or Miznon-style whole roasted cauliflower, but also with legumes like red lentils or chickpeas.

Perfect in mini size for a themed buffet, pita bread is very easy to make, wonderfully soft, and freezes well! Here I’m sharing an oven-baked version, but you can also cook them in a skillet.

Hummus - chickpea purée - is one of Israel’s national dishes. You’ll find dozens of kinds in restaurants (some of them - called hummusiyas - serve nothing else!) but it’s so quick to make that I encourage you to try it. Here is a classic version of hummus with tahini, the way we eat it around here. Kosher and parve, naturally.

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.

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!

Asado is a very common way of cooking in South America, especially in Argentina. In Israel, the word is also used for the cut itself: beef short ribs (or veal ribs) prepared like a confit, marinated, then cooked for a long time in a low oven. The meat becomes so tender you can cut it with a fork.

Have you heard of babka? Some people also call it Krantz cake. It’s the famous Ashkenazi twisted brioche that has taken Israel, and pretty much the whole world, by storm. After its success in previous years, I’m bringing back this twist on babka in a savory version.

Discover the recipe for arayes, crispy pita breads stuffed with ground meat and Middle Eastern spices. An easy, quick and irresistible dish, perfect for an Israeli dinner or a casual buffet.

Beef chuck is made for slow cooking. This chuck roast with mushrooms is a simple, flavorful recipe: golden onions, meltingly tender braised meat and a rich, silky mushroom sauce scented with thyme and garlic. Kosher and meat.

Meltingly tender meat, and a wonderfully fragrant sauce of slow-cooked onions and confit garlic that coats every bite. A recipe you will make again and again!

Onions caramelized in the oven, with only 2 ingredients and no effort at all. Perfect alongside meat or in a quiche. Vegan, parve and kosher for Passover.

Chicken livers with caramelized onions served over mashed potatoes are a meltingly tender, exquisite dish you’ll often find on the menu at meat restaurants in Israel. Most likely a modern take on the famous Ashkenazi chicken livers with onions, it’s an original and easy way to cook livers.

In a word? Delicious. Israeli chef Eyal Shani has restored this excellent, sometimes overlooked vegetable to its former glory. Whole roasted cauliflower is a recipe to adopt and serve to everyone who thinks vegetables are boring! You’ll never again be embarrassed to say that cauliflower is one of your favorite vegetables. And if nothing else, you’ll have a great recipe to serve to your vegetarian friends.

I really love vegetable carpaccios: they’re pretty, delicious and simple to make.

Nothing like a tangy broth to whet the appetite! That’s why I want you to discover an Iraqi dish with delicate, fragrant flavors: kubbeh. They simmer in a lemony broth unlike anything you’ve tasted before.

A recipe for caramelized chicken pieces, quick and quite simply excellent!

This famous Moroccan chicken tagine with olives and preserved lemons is a fragrant, slow-simmered dish that’s simple to make.

Crisp on the outside like a Jerusalem bagel, with a sesame crust to die for and a wonderfully soft inside, all topped with a fragrant cheese cream that’s never heavy. A dream of a recipe, simple and festive at the same time. A must for Shavuot! Kosher and dairy.

A slow-cooked dish that gives you meltingly tender meat, so soft you can cut it with a fork, in a really beautiful sauce. It’s a dish you’ll often find in Israel at “home cooking” restaurants. Here is my version, very easy and approved by the whole family.