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.

An Israeli classic, bourekas are puff pastry triangles filled with a cheese filling. Eat them warm on the go, at a picnic, or with a big salad on the side.

If, like me, you love fried eggplant but the thought of watching it soak up all that oil kills the craving, this oven-fried eggplant recipe is for you! Far less oil than deep-frying, for a result you could easily mistake for the real thing!

This braised beef brisket is a flavorful dish that I’m sharing with you here with a fig and red wine sauce. The meat is meltingly tender, and it’s perfect for a festive meal, especially for Rosh Hashanah or Sukkot.

One A4 sheet, both sides, that folds in four: the numbered map of beef, lamb and poultry, the phrases to say to the butcher, your recipes translated into numbers, and a lock-screen wallpaper for your phone. $6, to support the blog.

The 19 beef numbers, plus lamb and poultry, on a clickable drawing: what each cut is in American and British terms, how to ask for it in Hebrew, how to cook it, and the recipes on the blog that suit it.

Indian-spiced red lentil fritters that are incredibly easy to get right and packed with flavor! A recipe to add to your repertoire when you want a change from falafel or meatballs.

The famous chickpea fritters, so easy to make and so, so good! A must-have for your falafel party (and naturally vegan and parve).