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Start and End the Yom Kippur Fast With Tradition: Two Kugel Recipes

They say that all the kugel one ate in honor of Shabbat is weighed in heavenly court alongside one’s deeds and misdeeds

The Top Seven Recipes for a Sweet Shavuot Say Cheesecake: The Top Seven Recipes for a Sweet Shavuot

From Her Self-quarantine, Claudia Roden Shares Beloved Passover Recipes From Her Self-quarantine in London, Claudia Roden Shares Beloved Passover Recipes

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Parve Apple Cake for Passover

A Suggested Passover Seder Menu

Israel Suddenly Discovers Imported Coca-Cola Isn’t Kosher

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Chef Michael Solomonov.

Israeli Restaurant in Philadelphia Wins 'Culinary Oscar\ Israeli Restaurant in Philadelphia Wins 'Culinary Oscar'

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Spicy carrot kugel.

Rosh Hashanah 2018 Dinner Menu: Traditional Ashkenazi

A bagel with lox and cream cheese

Food and Death in the Jewish Tradition Food and Death: A Look at the Tasty and Tearful Tradition of Jewish Mourning

The frozen coffee at Cafe Joe in Tel Aviv.

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Carciofi alla giudia (Jewish-style fried artichokes).

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Rome's Jews Fume After Israeli Rabbinate Bans Staple Dish

This Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010 photo shows Rachael Ray on her New York cooking show.

Rachael Ray's 'Israeli Nite' Menu Elicits Palestinian Backlash Rachael Ray's 'Israeli Nite' Menu Sparks Latest Battle in 'Palestinian Appropriation' Twitter War

Falafel (illustrative photo)

Star Israeli Chef Teams With ex-Chipotle Execs on Falafel Franchise Star Israeli Chef in New York Teams With ex-Chipotle Execs on Falafel Franchise

Israeli American chef Alon Shaya.

Star Israeli-American Chef Splits With Patron Amid Harassment Scandal Star Israeli-American Chef Alon Shaya Splits With Patron John Besh Amid Sexual Harassment Scandal

Breakfast at Tel Aviv's Delicatessen

The Best Breakfasts in Tel Aviv

The best restaurants in Tel Aviv include Haim Cohen’s Yaffo-Tel Aviv.

The 10 Best Restaurants in Tel Aviv

Stir-fried green almonds on pea "polenta"

Use Spring Almonds Before Summer Hardens Their Shells Spring Almonds: Use Them Before the Summer Hardens Their Shells

Grandma Hanna's Lokshen Are a Perfect Passover Dish WATCH: Grandma Hanna's Lokshen Are a Perfect Passover Dish

A hamantaschen facing off against a latke.

The Case for the Essential Hamantaschen in Troubled Times

Peretz Amasai at his fortune cookie factory.

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The Safdi women make Ghraybeh cookies.

Capturing a Nazareth Dynasty’s Culinary Tradition A Year in Nazareth: Capturing a Galilean Dynasty’s Culinary Tradition

Beef bao at Flortentin House in Tel Aviv.

These Tel Aviv Street Dumplings Are Best When Shared The Dumplings at This Tel Aviv Street-food Joint Are Best When Shared

Foods for Before and After the Yom Kippur Fast

Salmon in red must.

Learning to Cook With Israeli Wine, From a Man in the Know Learning to Cook With Israeli Wine and Grapes, From a Man in the Know

Borscht. One of the photographs from "The Russian-Jewish Cookbook."

Bake in the USSR |

Soviet Emigres Publish Their Own Israeli Cookbook

Chilean sea bass, prickly pear and mint ceviche.

Rosh Hashanah Dinner Menu: Contemporary Israeli Rosh Hashanah Dinner Menu: Recipes for a Contemporary Israeli Meal

Rosh Hashanah Dinner Menu: Traditional Sephardi Seder

Canaan Khoury, the brewer and engineer at Taybeh Brewing Company.

Palestinian Oktoberfest Draws Thousands to West Bank Village

Florida Governor Rick Scott after holding a press conference in Wynwood, Miami to announce the latest Zika developments, September 19, 2016.

Miami Kosher Cafe Offers Free Lunch to Pregnant Women Kosher Cafe in Miami Offers Free Lunch to Pregnant Women to Celebrate Control of Zika

Lamb in pomegranate sauce.

Lamb in Pomegranate Sauce for Rosh Hashanah

Carakale Brewery staffer Ramzi Kharoufeh fills a box with beer bottled, pasteurized and labeled at the Jordanian factory, on September 6, 2016.

Jordanian Beer Manufacturer Joins a Growing Brotherhood of Arab Brewers

A cocktail on the menu at French 57. An education in unusual flavors.

Dark Ingredients, Bitter Taste The Cocktails at This Tel Aviv Bar Come With a Disclaimer

The author's family in a field, volunteering on an organic farm.

A Family Vacation on an Organic Farm A Family Vacation of a Different Sort: Volunteering on an Organic Farm

Among the 10 best kosher restaurants in Israel is Jacko’s St, Jerusalem.

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Yatir Sade wades into Ein Aviel to gather plants.

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Jalil Dabit, left, and Oz Ben David met through mutual friends in Berlin.

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Cafe Bezalel in Jerusalem.

The 10 Best Cafes in Jerusalem

Among the 10 best restaurants in Jerusalem is the bustling Machneyuda

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Enjoy Your Chicken SuperMeat Style - Without the Meat The Israeli Startup That Lets You Eat Meat - Without Eating the Animal

Research has shown that "diet plates," like Plate My Meal's products, can be effective in changing eating habits.

Israeli Startup Trains Kids to Eat Right Could an Israeli Startup Train Iranian Kids to Eat Right?

Participants at a "MyQuiz" night in the Saloon Art Bar, Jaffa.

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A qatayef stall in Lod. Offering a chance to break the fast with something sweet.

Bittersweet Life for Israeli-Arab Food Vendors During Ramadan

High quality coffee from Costa Rican beans at Mae Café.

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A tourist group visits Kafr Qasem for Ramadan.

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A host of goodies on display at the high-class dessert laboratory.

Israelis Want Healthier Food Israelis Want Healthier Food, Even if They’re Fuzzy on the Specifics

A screenshot of a Coca Cola advertisement aimed at Israeli youths.

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Tnuva cottage cheese on display in a minimarket fridge.

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Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and Education Minister Naftali Bennett at a meeting in Arad.

Food Traditions Succumb to Health Worries

Oreos, popular American cookies that were originally not deemed kosher.

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An employee packages carbon dioxide (CO2) cylinders at the SodaStream International Ltd. factory in Mishor Adumim, near Jerusalem, Israel, on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011.

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Visitors at the Latrun market. There's a feeling that the Paleolithic period was one big sinful meal, and the life of the caveman was a kind of ongoing buffet.

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A screenshot of the Israeli Instagram account 'Hot Dudes and Hummus,' May 17, 2016.

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The Ex-settler, Harley-riding Cantor Who's Gracing Park Avenue

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Nobel Laureate Angrist on Economics, Palestinians and Why He Left Israel

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