Sad news. Food is Love grandmothers Baba Schwartz and Saba Feniger have passed away. Both Holocaust suvivors, authors, mothers, grandmothers and titans of the Melbourne Jewish community. This week, a tribute to Baba Sachwartz.
cheesecake
Emergency cheesecake recipe, just in time for the Jewish festival of Shavuot. Yes, a holiday built around cheesecake is a fine thing. And these recipes are 2 of the finest. A tiny but perfect personal cheescake, baked on a vineleaf, plus a classic Polish cheesecake, the recipe from Melbourne Holocaust survivor Sabcia Saaroni.
tomato and green plum salad
chrusty
Chrusty. Light as air pastry bow ties, which can be either savoury or sweet. (The secret – a splash of vodka!) It’s the fail-safe recipe of Lena Goldstein, the oldest grandmother in this project, who’s still baking aged 98… Lena’s also haring something she’s written -- her memories of a friend who didn’t survive the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 74 years ago this month. “There is nobody alive who remembers his full name. Even I only know him by his first name: Heniek.”
matzo balls + holidays
Duck Baked with Garlic and Honey
European recipes + Australian beach life. Duck plastered in garlic and honey, stuffed with fruit and baked. Red cabbage braised with apple. The recipes of 2 Melbourne grandmothers, both Holocaust survivors from Poland, great friends and great cooks. Plus Sydney's ocean pools and a deelish organic cafe.
fruit + veg
Lentil and Pomegranate Soup
5 Hannukah fritters
Cohen
Leonard Cohen has left the world enriched with his songs, poetry, spirituality, great personal charm and wry humour. He was both a Zen Buddhist monk and a committed Jew, so we prepare his favourite Friday night meal. To the recipe of one of the Food is Love grandmothers of course. Click to find out what it is.
Cabbage Rolls
Kipfli
tomatoes and pomegranates
The oldest man in the world prepares to have the barmitzva he missed out on at 13. Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal has just 113 -- so his barmitzva will be a century late! Plus 2 fabulous Turkish vegetarian dishes - tomato and pomegranate salad and 'Turkish bride' soup. An unusual mix of tastes and stories this week!
Chicken Rissoles
What is the Jewish grandmother's go-to ingredient? Turns out it's minced chicken, so we have 4 recipes for chicken rissoles. Baked, fried, poached and in chicken soup - from grandmothers from Europe through Egypt and Libya. It's an international chicken rissole festival at Food is Love this week, and they're all delicious!
Paris, Rosh Pina
vines and seeds
A break from the usual format this week, with a feature about a Palestinian project collecting heirloom seeds, to stop them disappearing from local fields -- and history. Plus a recipe for (vegan) stuffed vine leaves, which always taste best when you pick them fresh from the fields. Summer pleasures on Food is Love.
When life gives you lemons and cumquats, make cumquat marmalade! Add star anise, cardamom and orange flower water and the result is warm, spicy and wonderful. Or mix it up with different spices and a little alcohol - you won’t be sorry!
Fancy summer in Jerusalem? in beaugiful historic Ein Kerem. in fact? try here …
What’s FB got to do with a Mediterranean recipe for vegan stuffed veges? You’ll find the whole story here, along with a wonderful tale of love and luck in post-WW2 USA, with a chance meeting on the Brooklyn train. Happy Passover and Happy Easter!
Two fab apple cakes for a sweet New Year. Simple lockdown-friendly recipes that you’ll make again and again. Wishing you all a happy healthy new year, and certainly a better one than the last!
It’s such a simple and delicious thing, so I’m responding to requests for recipes for Latkes by providing 3 different ones for this holiday season. The Jewish festival of Hannukah is the time to fry, baby, fry and to let the light in. Potato, carrot and sweet potato. Go on - have a go! Happy Holidays.
The amazing WW2 survival story of Agi Adler, may she rest in peace, who passed away this year. Archive photos and in-depth interviews about her life in Budapest before and during the war. Along with a recipe of course - the Hungarian potato bake Rakott Krumpli, the ultimate comfort food.
Quarantine Passover means making your own matzo balls - and chicken soup. Here are failsafe recipes for what is likely to be your smallest seder night, when you will have to make most dishes by yourself… matzo balls for anyone who’s never dared to make them before!