Sephardic-Style Charoset

There is an old Pessach song that we sing in the seder that describes how I feel in the spring: “Simcha raba, simcha raba” – Great joy, great joy “Aviv hegia’” – Spring has arrived “Pessach ba!” – Passover came! Charoset is a sticky, sweet…

Bread Rolls & Mini Challahs

When I was a kid, I used to be hypnotized by my mother and grandmother’s moves when they kneaded the dough for Shabbat bread. I couldn’t take my eyes off them—the way they stretched and punched as if it was…

Sfenj Moroccan Sufganiot

Chanukah is the holiday of lights, miracles, and sufganiyot (Jewish donuts). I usually make the classic sufganiyot filled with jelly, but this year I decided to go back to my roots and make sfinj, Jewish Moroccan sufganiyot. Mostly because the…