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"This cake recipe, made for Shabbat -- The Day of Rest -- is from the 1998 publication, A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking."

Ingredients: eggs, fresh orange juice...

"This recipe was found in the 1998 publication, A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking & is made for Shabbat -- The Day of Rest. Preparation time does not include the time needed for the baked cake to cool."

Ingredients: cocoa powder, eggs...

"Intoxicating orange and coconut flavors, a light and perfect dessert for after a seder. It is pareve. If you want to, add whipped cream to the top. From Joan Nathan."

Ingredients: unsweetened dried shredded coconut, eggs...

"Recipe is from May S. Bsisu's cookbook, "The Arab Table". Serve with warm lentils with rice, grilled meats, or spoon onto falafel in place of the tomato and onion slices."

Ingredients: pickling cucumbers, extra virgin olive oil...

"This recipe was found in the 1998 publication, A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking. This Shabbat cake -- for The Day of Rest -- can be made with either the brewed tea or a brewed, strong coffee. Preparation time does not include time needed for the baked cake to cool."

Ingredients: ground allspice, tea, eggs...

"Basboosa are thin semolina squares covered in a honey and lemon syrup. Very Middle Eastern, this goes great with some sweet Turkish coffee or some mint tea."

Ingredients: honey, lemons, milk...

"These delicious and easy to prepare macaroons were printed in the "New York Times" (March 2007) and adapted from "Dulce lo Vivas: La Reposteria Sefardi," ("Live Sweet: the Sefardi Bakery") by Ana Bensadón. The dough require overnight refrigeration."

Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar...

"This is the signature dish at New York City restaurant Aquagrill. It is served with hummus and salad in a lemon coriander vinaigrette.
You may have some crust mixture left over; freeze extra to use later, or try it on chicken. This recipe is also kosher and gluten-free."

Ingredients: ground cumin, cucumbers...

"Bademjan means “eggplant” in Farsi (otherwise known as Persian, the language spoken Iran). This stew works fantastically with Persian rice (Polo) and is a dish which can be modified for vegetarians very easily. Such comfort food–everyone will enjoy this dish."

Ingredients: eggplants, lamb, lemons...

"This recipe, under a slightly different name & for Rosh Hashanah -- The Jewish New Year, was found in the 1998 publication, A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking. Preparation time does not include the 2 hours or more needed for the cooled loaf to freeze."

Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar...

"This sweet-sour stew is enjoyed by many Sephardic families during the Passover seder and other festive events. It has a longer cooking time, but requires very minimal work on your part and tastes even better the next day!


Note: Meat+ fruit combinations are fairly common in Middle Eastern cuisine, but can take getting used to if you..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, cumin, ginger...

"Haroset is the traditional fruit compote found on the Passover Seder table and represents the mortar with which the Israelites bonded bricks when they were enslaved in Ancient Egypt as mentioned in the Talmud. This recipe is a Sephardic Jewish recipe from Greece and Turkey."

Ingredients: pitted dates, fresh lemon juice...

"Known as Avgolemono in Greece and Aarshe Saak in the Middle East, this tangy velvety soup is a staple at many meals. Aarshe Saak typically has small meatballs in it, while Avgolemono traditionally has rice and no meat. However, there are many regional and personal variations, and this is mine.

This version I came up with has has chicken..."

Ingredients: cornstarch, eggs...

"This moist cake has an delicious citrus flavour and an excellent texture. It's from "Bon Appétit" (April 1992). It keeps very well- up to a week or more!
The recipe also works very well with toasted Passover macaroons. Toast them in the oven at 250F until completely dry and then process them into coarse crumbs. If you..."

Ingredients: unsalted margarine, potato starch...