Olive Chicken is a traditional Moroccan dish that is slowly simmered in a ceramic tagine.

Lentils pair nicely with a range of flavors and spices and are most often found in soups or stews.

Ma'amul is traditionally made with pistachios or a mix of nuts, like pistachios, almonds and walnuts.

Ma'amul is traditionally made with pistachios or a mix of nuts, like pistachios, almonds and walnuts.

Crispy, golden and delicious, Moroccan cigars are a traditional favorite of the Moroccan kitchen.

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Aruk are golden-green fried Iraqi herb and potato patties.

Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of the little crucible oil that lasted eight days and nights in the rededicated Holy Temple in Jerusalem.

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We hope you try it with the future cooks and bakers in your lives. And we wish you a new year as sweet as Honey Joys. 

We hope you enjoy the creative way we cooked the simanim and that you try these little amuse-bouches at your seder.

We baked these in the hope that they portend a year of good fortune. 

The centerpiece in the cuisine of Algerian, Tunisian and Moroccan Jews, couscous represents happiness and abundance, prosperity and blessing.

A crisp bite of Moroccan galette with a steaming cup of fresh mint tea: This is the definition of a simple pleasure, a pick me up

One of the simplest recipes, Asian Noodle Salad, has proven to be one of the most popular, loved equally by adults and children.

In the Sephardic world, this labor-intensive food was reserved for Shabbat and holidays.

Our family still eats this meal every Shabbat and even if my mother is hosting, I make the eggplant and butternut squash.

Every roast, every chicken, every stew, every soup starts with onion. It’s engraved in stone for a Sephardic cook. 

Sourdough is a combination of art and science; the ingredients are simple — flour, water and salt — but the nutritional benefits are great.

The combination of rice and lentils gives a nutty depth and makes this dish a source of complete protein.