Month: February 2019
Venetian Purim Cookies: Impade
February 11, 2019
Given that my blog is called Poppy and Prune, you might assume I am a hamantaschen fan. And you wouldn’t be wrong. But I also love learning about lesser-known Purim delicacies. Like impade, a hard S-shaped cookie filled with almond paste, a traditional Venetian Jewish dolci (sweet) traditionally eaten at Purim, but also enjoyed year […]
World Shabbat Breads: Dabo, the Other Ethiopian Bread
February 4, 2019
When you think Ethiopian bread, you probably think injera—the spongy, sour flatbread made from teff that you use to scoop your food at Ethiopian restaurants. But while injera is the everyday staple bread of Ethiopia, for both Jews and Christians, there are Ethiopian wheat breads too. And one of them is dabo, a tender, spiced, […]