Deep-fried doughnuts

The recipe seems to be from my great-grandmother. But I’m not entirely sure!

In my childhood, these doughnuts were always there. My mom would bake them for Hanukkah and occasionally just because.

Now, I bake these doughnuts every year and invite friends over to enjoy them during Hanukkah.

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Deep-fried doughnuts

The recipe seems to be from my great-grandmother. But I’m not entirely sure!

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Hedva’s honey cake

Once upon a time, there was a wonderful cantor in the Jewish community of Cologne, Shimon Ben Zeev. And he had an equally remarkable wife, Hedva. She was the embodiment of what one might imagine an English lady to be—always impeccably groomed, with an ideally kept home, beautiful napkins, delicious tea, and mouthwatering cakes.

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Medieval flatbread from wholegrain flour

Simple food often brings warm feelings - it doesn’t call for special occasions, and it’s both humble and familiar. When Sonya was writing her dissertation on the Celts, she met a historian from Scotland through ICQ. He helped her with linguistic research, and in return, she shared a recipe for wholegrain flatbread made from leftover oatmeal and flour. He called them “medieval flatbreads” and still makes them for his family to this day.