Mandelbrot

Sundays with Marlena Spieler Mandelbrot means Mandel (almond) brot (bread). It tasted just like biscotti and the recipe is also very similar. They are both baked twice and use eggs, but no butter and is considered “parve“, which means it does not have any dairy or meat product. Let us warn you before you read any [...]

Sephardi Spiced Chicken Rice

Sundays with Marlena Spieler How is everyone doing after Thanksgiving?  We had a great time with family. We cooked both traditional and non traditional dishes, but it is the quality time you spend with family that counts right? When we get together, of course food plays a vital role and we always look for festive [...]

Root Vegetable Soup

Sundays with Marlena Spieler We love to have hearty soups in winter and when we chose to cook this recipe, it was wonderful because were truly playing with vegetables we haven’t usually even glanced at- Turnip, Parsnip & Rutabaga. The title of the recipe in the book is Russian spinach & Root Vegetable soup with [...]

Tomato Soup

Sundays with Marlena Spieler This  soup was a part of our meal along with  latkes & Apple Cranberry Chutney. When we cook, we tend to compare to something familiar maybe? To us the flavors just felt like rasam, a go to soup that one is given in South India when we have a cold or [...]

Latkes & Apple Cranberry Sauce

Hello Everyone, Sundays with Marlena Spieler We are so happy to have moved to this new website of ours which is a labor of love, a gift from our  dear sister and 12 year old niece. It is weird, but it feels like having moved from a rental property to your own home . Moving [...]

Sundays with Marlena Spieler – Libyan Spicy Pumpkin Dip

Sunday’s with Marlena Spieler is a fun project that three of us will continue till we finish cooking the complete cookbook called Jewish Cooking by Marlena Spieler. The cook book is educative to start with, giving the reader a peep into the history and tradition of the Jews. This is a Sephardi dip from a [...]

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