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Una recheta de chupar los dedos: Dulsurya Turka, Firin Sutlach
Bendichas manos! La kultura sefardí tiene una gastonomía maraviyoza, enrikesida por los varios lugares ande tenemos estado durante...
Clara Selechnik
Apr 12 min read


Apyo - Turkish Celery Root and Carrot
Sephardic recipes call this dish apyo which is the Ladino word for the main ingredient, celeriac, also known as celery root or celery...
Susan Barocas
Apr 13 min read


My Poppi and Chickpea Soup
Sunday was my father’s day to get into the kitchen and relax by cooking wonderful dishes, including Sephardic favorites from his family...
Susan Barocas
Jan 73 min read


Stuffed Eggplants for a Delicious Passover Meal
The eggplant was beloved by the Jews of Spain, an iconic food of their distinctive cuisine. It was most often served fried, boiled or...
Susan Barocas
Mar 15, 20243 min read

New Ladino music and food come together in innovative SAVOR Project - brings 10 Sephardic Chefs together from around the world!
For many years, my preferred mode of communication - whether of joy or of sadness - has been through song. Ladino songs, specifically....
Sarah Aroeste
Apr 18, 20233 min read


A Sephardic Rosh Ashana Dish: Peras Reyenados (Stuffed Pears)
There is a tasty play between sweet and a touch of spicy in this dessert as well as the texture of the baked, softened pear with the...
Susan Barocas
Sep 15, 20222 min read


Cooking for Pesah: Almodorte de Kalabaza - Zucchini Casserole
As those of us familiar with Sephardic cuisine know, there are often different names and spellings for similar dishes. When it comes to...
Susan Barocas
Mar 1, 20223 min read

A Long Relationship with Prasa kon Tomat
For me, prasa is a dish that’s all about family food and the strength of food to connect us to family, culture and history across time...
Susan Barocas
Sep 1, 20214 min read
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