A soup that reminds us how small we are in the scheme of the Universe. A soup that reminds us that life is a cycle and that we must go on, no matter that our hearts are completely shattered.

A bureka is a bundle of joy usually filled with feta cheese softened with creamy mashed potatoes. It’s a must have in the Rhodesli kitchen.

This Sukkot in my father’s memory, my mother will cook one of his favorite dishes — Fish Pilau Im’tabak — a classic dish from the Iraqi/Babylonian Jewish kitchen.

It is especially customary to eat letrea as part of the meal before the fast of Yom Kippur.

Tishpishti is such a throwback to the flavors of my childhood in my grandmother’s kitchen.

For many of our readers and followers, food transports them to the kitchens of their mothers and grandmothers. 

There are only a few ladies left in Los Angeles that know how to make these treats that date back to medieval times. I decided the time had arrived for me to master the pasteliko!

Nothing in life is better than sharing a meal with friends. And for us, some of the best meals are summer barbecues.

Over the years, whenever we would stay with my Aunt Daisy, she would fry delectable Ajja J’bin for our breakfast.