Susan Barocas
Contrary to the pressure we often put on ourselves to achieve perfection in what we prepare and serve… it helps to keep in mind that Passover is not meant to be a performance.
New Flavors to Spice Up Your Passover and Beyond
Tag: Sephardic cooking
Redemption–and Cheesecake–Is at Hand
Susan Barocas
This Shavuot, embrace a new cheesecake–kousmeri from Romaniote community of Greece.
Eight Days Celebrating Jewish Survival
Susan Barocas
As the Jews of Spain left Iberia, the largest number found safe haven in the Ottoman Empire. There the foods of the Sephardim, with recipes remembered and carried by the women, found a wonderful match with Ottoman cuisine.
The Promise of Tu B’Shevat
Susan Barocas
Perhaps we can create our own seven species… qualities for this time to help us focus on what we need to find in abundance within ourselves.
Stuffed with Abundance and Gratitude
Susan Barocas
What better way to celebrate the abundance of the harvest than by stuffing vegetables with an abundance of meat, rice, vegetables and fruits! No wonder stuffed foods are a traditional favorite for Sukkot, the festive fall holiday, for Jews from around the world.
Get Your Chill On
Susan Barocas
The first cold soup I ever tasted I hated. For years. How unfortunate that it was introduced to me (dare I say pushed on me?) by the two women I admired most, my mother and my small-but-mighty Russian grandmother.