Horseradish (Chrain)

Horseradish is a traditional food item commonly included in the Passover "Seder" meal of Jewish families from Eastern Europe. My family views spicy horseradish as a symbol of culinary tradition…

Juicy Broken Pecan Nuts

Pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts, and the like are a source of embarrassment in Israeli cuisine as nuts are not central local cuisine items. Most nuts are found in shady European forests,…

Baked sweet potatoes with ajowan

This Ayurvedic recipe integrates aspects from the dietary practices related to the late summer and the autumn. The heavy and orange-colored sweet potatoes represent the earth element related to the…

Soy sauce roasted pumpkin seeds snack

At the age of 26, I came to China for the first time to study Chinese medicine in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, the land of the Four Rivers. During one of…