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Salmorejo, a Chilling Summer Soup
Take advantage the bounty of beautiful tomatoes that are at their most juicy deliciousness during summer with salmorejo. Simpler and less ingredients than gazpacho, salmorejo is a chilled soup perfect for warm days and nights including made ahead for Shabbat. It is also one of those recipes that is a great way to use up old bread, like bread salad from Italy and fattoush salad from Lebanon. Salmorejo was first created in the 16th century when conquistadores brought tomato

Susan Barocas
Jul 222 min read


Haroset, a Passover Delight
Turkish Haroset In all honesty, I have never met a haroset I didn’t like, and there are probably nearly as many different haroset as there are Jews! I always have three or four at my Seder and sometimes a guest brings their own favorite. Haroset is that mixture at Passover Seders that is evocative of the mortar and bricks the Israelite slaves made and used to erect Pharoah’s warehouses and other buildings (although probably not the pyramids, but that’s another story). The

Susan Barocas
Apr 64 min read


Marinated Feta Spices Up an Ancient Favorite
We Sepharadim – and many other people around the world – love our feta. But few people know the long, fascinating history of feta. The...

Susan Barocas
Jul 20, 20253 min read


Una recheta de chupar los dedos: Dulsurya Turka, Firin Sutlach
Bendichas manos! La kultura sefardí tiene una gastonomía maraviyoza, enrikesida por los varios lugares ande tenemos estado durante...

Clara Selechnik
Apr 1, 20252 min read


Apyo - Turkish Celery Root and Carrot
Sephardic recipes call this dish apyo which is the Ladino word for the main ingredient, celeriac, also known as celery root or celery...

Susan Barocas
Apr 1, 20253 min read
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