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"This is my locally famous chopped liver. It's definitely not healthy, but it is really good. I have been promised kingdoms and children have been named after me because of my chopped liver. ;-)"

Ingredients: hard-boiled eggs, oil, onions...

"This is the piece of meat you want to make when you want your guests to ooooooh and aaaaaah when you serve it. They'll make even more obscene noises when they start eating. Prep time allows for the meat and sauce to cool."

Ingredients: pepper, dried basil...

"This banana bread is, without a doubt, one of the very best I have ever made. The loaves have a very nice deep color and a beautiful crumb. The secret is not the unusual liquid ingredient, the secret is slow baking. Oil makes this recipe parve, (thanks Mirj for explaining this to me & Chia and Miraklegirl for your help too)."

Ingredients: cinnamon, Coca-Cola...

"This is our favorite Rosh Hashana main dish. The smell of this dish cooking is incredible and the meat will fall apart."

Ingredients: ketchup, water, white onions...

"I started making my own pickles when I discovered how easy it was to do so. Now I can make them as hot or as mild as I like."

Ingredients: cucumbers, dill, garlic...

"This is a family favorite, we eat it almost every week, but it's especially good on Passover."

Ingredients: eggs, olive oil, onions...

"We eat hamentashen on the holiday Purim. They are triangle shaped cookies because Haman had a triangle shaped hat. My dad owns a bakery and is a baker my whole life. He makes these hamentashen every Purim. They are my favorite. When I was in college he always mailed me a box. Now I just make them myself. Hamentashen are traditionally filled with poppyseed..."

Ingredients: eggs, lemon zest, margarine...

"Found on the Web in response to a request from a fellow Zaar member for a Montreal-style bagel. Malt powder or syrup is typically found in home-brewing (do-it-yourself-beer) stores."

Ingredients: dry yeast, eggs, honey...

"This is a real Jewish brisket recipe. It's easy, and even better the second day. If you refrigerate the sauce, the excess fat can be scraped off the top. My kids and husband demand this at least once a month!"

Ingredients: ketchup, onion soup mix...

"This kugel involves some work, but it is worth it. I got it from one of my new cookbooks that promotes "new-ish Jewish" cuisine, combining traditional recipes with a modern slant. I usually make this when we have vegetarian guests. It makes a huge amount, so it's a good recipe to bring to potlucks or parties, and you will get all the..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, egg substitute, eggs...

"I originally got this recipe from Dudi Gur who donated it to a community cookbook. Fahdreiteh means mixed-up in Yiddish, but this chicken is anything but. A heavenly and delicious smell will pervade the house which is in equal only to the taste of the chicken itself."

Ingredients: garlic, sea salt, soy sauce...

"This makes a huge kugel, but it's so delicious it goes really quickly!"

Ingredients: cinnamon, cottage cheese...

"my mother made something similar, this is a kicked up version. i hadn't cooked this in years, then i saw it at the butcher, served it with israeli couscous"

Ingredients: cumin, garlic, olive oil...

"In my never-ending search for orange zest recipes, I came across this one in Levana Kirschenbaum's new book, Levana's Table. It's the most heavenly version of orange poppy seed cake I've seen so far. My only change to the recipe was to move it from the food processor to the stand mixer."

Ingredients: eggs, margarine, orange juice...