Shabbat Foods

More than just a cooking video, A Taste of Shabbat presents the historic and cultural background of the foods and traditions that make the Shabbat such a meaningful experience.

This salad is very hot. If you are not used to eating spicy salads, taste with caution. If the salad is too hot for you and your mouth feels like it's on fire, eat bread. Water, soup etc. will not help. Ingredients: 8 large cubes of pumpkin 2 small/medium...

Yapchik is a slow-cooked potato kugel with a layer of meat inside, often served for Shabbat lunch. It’s a great alternative to cholent, especially on Pesach when barley is chametz and beans are kitniyot and therefore not eaten by Ashkenazi Jews for the du...

Passover brownies can be difficult to cut—often they’re an “eat by the spoon” consistency. Those can be delicious too, but if you’re looking for something you can cut and plate, this will give you that. Ingredients 1 ½ cups sugar ¾ cup oil 3 eggs ¾ cup po...

Falshe fish, lit. “false fish,” is mock gefilte fish made with ground chicken instead of fish. For many Jews of Hungarian descent, falshe fish is a dear and long-held Passover tradition. It harkens back to a time when fish was stored and transported in al...

Whether you have an egg allergy in the family or are looking for alternatives during the current egg shortages, this recipe is for you. Ingredients ½ cup butter or non-dairy alternative ½ cup confectioners sugar 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 ½ cups all-purpose ...

Struggling with high egg prices? Discover some easy ways to cut them out!

With the current egg shortages and rising prices, we’re all looking for alternatives. This recipe is your traditional sweet, fluffy, challah without any compromise in taste despite being egg-free. If you prefer, you can try making “water challah,” which i...