Tribes-a-Dozen

11/07/2018

Find our Traditional Hallah Bread Mixes Find baking tips and recipes on tribesadozen.com ‘Break Bread, Not Tradition’

Order our traditional hallah egg bread (brioche) mixes for modern home cooks. Whether you spell it Challah bread or Hallah bread you will love this.

07/29/2018

Leah’s write up about Yemenite galoub, easy to prepare and highly delicious —

It is said that women in Yemen didn’t experience postpartum depression. Why? Because they spent the 40 days after giving birth being taken care of by other women and fed rich galoub.

05/18/2018

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05/15/2018

Customary this time of the year for Shavuot (Pentecost), here’s Leah’s attempt to reconstruct a childhood favorite — Israeli cheesecake

Suddenly longing for the Israeli cheesecake I remembered fondly, I embarked on a search spanning two continents for that classic recipe. I bridged present and past, finally putting together the long-lost recipe thanks to the help of newly found old friends, my sister and the Internet. Alas, the old-...

05/15/2018

Leah’s article about interviewing Israeli Food celebrity Gil Hovav about his memoir ‘Candies from Heaven’ — the last in a best-selling trilogy about growing up in Jerusalem in the 60’s. Enter for a chance to win a copy here—

Israeli food writer and personality Gil Hovav’s newly translated memoir, the third in a trilogy, paints a picture of 1960s Jerusalem and one family that has played an extraordinary part in Israeli history.

04/11/2018

Getting ready for a Shlissel Hallah baking workshop this evening. It is customary for some to bake this key hallah for the first Shabbat after Passover. Here is what I wrote about this custom combined with the Tunisian Jewish custom of b'sisa, which is practiced after Purim. Both are a wish for making a good living, for plenty.

When it comes to superstitious rituals, the divide between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews isn’t as wide as some might think. Case in point: bsisa and shlissel challah, two post-Passover practices to bring prosperity.

02/25/2018

Voilà! One Giant Hammantaschen
http://tribesadozen.com/yeast-dough-for-giant-hammantaschen/

02/18/2018

Leah’s piece and recipe for Flódni, the layered cake of Jewish Budapest. In time for Purim, but delicious at any season.

https://jewishfoodexperience.com/flodni-to-remember/?utm_source=All+JFE&utm_campaign=6e7c60e6cf-JFE+Organic&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fb190fc2ab-6e7c60e6cf-36716165

https://jewishfoodexperience.com/flodni-to-remember/?utm_source=All+JFE&utm_campaign=6e7c60e6cf-JFE+Organic&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fb190fc2ab-6e7c60e6cf-36716165

Meet flódni, the sweet specialty of Jewish Budapest, a humble, but towering cake of five layers of dough and four different traditional Jewish fillings—apple, walnut, poppy seed and plum jam.

02/07/2018

Our Voilá! Hallah Egg Bread Mix is Easy to Bake with Kids. See this 5-Star Raving Review from a Verified Amazon Purchaser:

***** 5.0 out of 5 stars extremely easy to use mix
January 24, 2018
Verified Purchase
This was a delicious, extremely easy to use mix. Was prepared by my Girl Scout troop and served as part of an ethnic meal. W's enjoyed by all

12/31/2017

A freezing cold day — perfect for making puff pastry dough

12/27/2017

A freezing day’s comfort food — home baked pita bread and chickpea soup

12/11/2017

Fritter frying season is upon us. Which type of oil do you use? Here’s the reason I always specify Sunflower or Safflower oil for high heat baking, roasting or frying:

Canola oil is one of the most widely consumed vegetable oils in the world, yet surprisingly little is known about its effects on health. Now, a new study published online December 7 in the journal Scientific Reports by researchers at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (LKSOM) ass...