Jewish recipe :

Hawaij - Yemenite spice mix

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This spice mixture is to Yemenite Jews what Jerk seasoning is to Jamaicans. There are two types of hawaij [pronounced hawai-yedsh ]: one used for flavoring coffee and one for soups, stews and as a BBQ rub. Although both are referred to as[...]

My grandmother's Yemenite chicken soup

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As I've posted before I don't have an Nonna that could have provided me with insights into Italian home cooking. I do, however, have a Yemenite Safta (= Hebrew for grandmother). And she the originator of my earliest food memory - maraq[...]

Du'qe - Yemenite charoset for Passover

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Passover is upon us and although I'm not religious I do enjoy the cultural aspects of holding a Seder . Some of my earliest food memories revolve around the edibles adorning a Jewish-Yemenite Seder table. The charoset - my Yemenite family[...]

{ cooking experiments: Passover } A Catholic Latina and the Matzo ball soup experiment

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So not Mom's chicken and dumplings but not too bad either. To finish off the soups I made for the newspaper, I combined the Moroccan Chicken Passover soup with the Matzo ball soup to make my own version of "chicken and dumplings."[...]

Recipe: Cheese Blintzes

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I love Cheese Blintzes? and have ever since I was a little girl. My Mom would make them periodically for supper with a bowl of soup?. The crisp outside and the warm delicious cheese filling? topped with sour cream? I was in heaven.My Mom used the[...]