Shabbat Foods

More than just a cooking video, A Taste of Shabbat presents the historic and cultural background of the foods and traditions that make the Shabbat such a meaningful experience.

This salad is very hot. If you are not used to eating spicy salads, taste with caution. If the salad is too hot for you and your mouth feels like it's on fire, eat bread. Water, soup etc. will not help. Ingredients: 8 large cubes of pumpkin 2 small/medium...

This simple no-bake treat has layers of sweet dates, creamy peanut butter, and rich dark chocolate, finished with flaky salt and pistachios—perfect for Tu Bishvat, the new year for trees, when it’s traditional to eat the seven species of fruit with which ...

The perfect cozy dish for Sukkot. Goes well with rice, quinoa, farro, or the grain of your choice. Meatball Ingredients 2 lb ground chicken (1 kg) 1 tsp turmeric 1 tsp cumin 1 ½ tsp kosher salt ½ tsp black pepper 1 ½ cups loosely packed parsley leaves 2 e...

Ingredients 3 cups Moroccan couscous (fine couscous) Half of a medium butternut squash, peeled and cut into cubes Sumac-Spiced Chickpeas (click here for the recipe—half a batch is enough) Seeds from 1 pomegranate Fresh parsley, roughly chopped Fresh mint,...

This recipe uses honey and pomegranate—two of the symbolic Rosh Hashanah foods (honey for a sweet year ahead and pomegranate for prosperity)—to create sticky, sweet and slightly tangy chicken that pairs perfectly with my Jewelled Couscous (pictured), or S...

Ingredients 1 lb bone-in flanken 2 onions 2 tbsp tomato paste 1 lb (450 grams) Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and quartered ¾ cup barley, rinsed 2 tbsp honey 1 tbsp paprika 1 tbsp smoked paprika 1 tsp garlic powder 1 tsp onion powder 2 tsp cumin 2 tsp chili ...

Yapchik is a slow-cooked potato kugel with a layer of meat inside, often served for Shabbat lunch. It’s a great alternative to cholent, especially on Pesach when barley is chametz and beans are kitniyot and therefore not eaten by Ashkenazi Jews for the du...

Passover brownies can be difficult to cut—often they’re an “eat by the spoon” consistency. Those can be delicious too, but if you’re looking for something you can cut and plate, this will give you that. Ingredients 1 ½ cups sugar ¾ cup oil 3 eggs ¾ cup po...