Why did my grandmother cook gefilte fish and smoked eggplants, helzel and baklava? The answer lay in her Bessarabian heritage.

This almodrote traces its roots back to pre-Inquisition Spain

In Israel, old recipes are deconstructed and transformed into something new

This Azerbaijani vegetarian salad is a harbinger of summer anywhere in the world

Video: It starts with a simple grilled eggplant, but the toppings—pomegranate seeds, feta, and tahini—make it a sophisticated dish

I never wanted to learn to make my mother’s matbucha, a savory eggplant salad–until I became a mom-to-be

Noshing at the White House, last month and through the years