Recipes and Cooking

Celebrate the new year and a new beginning with these delicious recipes from Jamie Geller's kitchen.

Pesach, the holiday when Jews eat only unleavened bread, commemorates the exodus from Egypt. The dietary restrictions can be challenging. Here are easy-to-make recipes with minimum preparation time.

Celebrate the Sukkot holidays with these great recipes from Jamie Geller. Salads, side dishes, and main courses are featured. Try them out and see for yourself!

Stumped with what to serve on Hoshana Rabba and Simchat Torah… just stuff it and you’re good! Stuffed and overflowing foods are an allusion to plenty. Check out amazing recipes from Jamie Geller!

Using the Best Cheesecake EVER! recipe, create your own perfect combo of fillings and toppings for a customized cheesecake.

On Purim, the Jews of Iraq ate Sambusak pastries filled with cheese and decorated with sesame seeds. Aside from Purim, these versatile pastries can be served as snacks, hot or cold.

Want to feel heaven in every bite? This recipe is for you! This recipe has the most successful combination: cheese and chocolate. AWESOME for Shavuot!

This recipe is not difficult to prepare and you do not have to be an onion lover to enjoy the onion and cheese kugel. Delicious!

Infuse your chocolate bundt cake with pumpkin puree for the added vitamins and improved texture of this partially whole wheat cake.  I also included the pumpkin pie spice flavor so that the cake would scream "Fall !!!".

This ice cream pie is a sure-fire hit during the hot summer days. Kids and grownups alike will be asking for seconds! Easy and quick to make.

Shlissel Challah, or Key Challah, is customarily made the Shabbat after Pesach. It is said to be a segula for livelihood and parnasa (income).

You'll want to top everything with this rich and chocolatey glaze.

Looking for something light yet filling, easy and quick to make for meatless meals? These burgers are perfect!

This stunning and flavor-packed fish is a staple Shabbat appetizer among Sephardi Jews. Served hot with sauce. You don't have to be Sephardi to love this fish!

Enjoy this luscious (and delicious!) warm salmon salad with colorful peppers, raisins, pine nuts, and spinach. Quick and easy to make.

Want to use a traditional recipe but add a bit of zing? Jamie Geller incorporated poached salmon into the gefilte fish recipe to give it a delightful change of taste.

Everyone looks forward to summer grilling. Dinners are a snap and all the mess stays outside. Try this gorgeous, colorful platter of grilled vegetables to accompany your burgers, or serve as a first course.

On Purim, the Jews of Iraq ate Sambusak pastries filled with cheese and decorated with sesame seeds. Aside from Purim, these versatile pastries can be served as snacks, hot or cold.

These crispy thin sliced onions make the perfect topper for sandwiches, salads, and soups like our Roasted Potato-Leek Soup.

A quick, easy-to-make side dish that’s sweet to the palate and colorful to the eyes. It will be a beautiful (and delicious) addition at your festive table.

For Rosh Hashanah, let date honey take center stage with these sticky silan-glazed ribs. With their beautiful presentation and sweet and smoky flavor, they are sure to make a statement on your holiday table.

Try this Muffuletta Wrap recipe for a low-key, low-pressure picnic. Fast, fresh, flexible!

Everyone has their own summer barbecue traditions. Here's a favorite that won't keep you at the hot grill. This slow-roasted, de-boned rib is superb and melts in your mouth!

Naturally sweet and caramel- flavored dates paired with wine, onions, and garlic make this brisket over-the-top delicious. FREEZER FRIENDLY - Make now for the holidays!

Summer's here! This delicious salad with fresh seasoning can be used as a first course or as a satisfying addition to a dairy or meat meal.

Fattoush is undoubtedly one of the most delicious salads ever invented, and since it is mainly made from fresh vegetables, it is also one of the healthiest.

It's the combination of beauty and texture that makes this salad both pleasing to the eye and palate. Crisp, fresh spinach leaves, vibrant ruby red pomegranate seeds, and crunchy croutons round out this recipe.

This salad is delicious, easy to make, and colorful on your holiday table. Served with Three-Ingredient Middle Eastern Salad Dressing!

Need a get-me-through-the-winter soup? Try this hearty, filling, warming, and comforting bowl of soup to satisfy you and your family any day, anytime. Spiced with ginger and coriander.

This warm and comforting beef stew is full of flavor and depth and served with flaky scallion biscuits to sop up the extra broth left in your bowl. Perfect for a cold snowy day!

For those of you who are super-busy and still want to serve a rich, nutritious soup - here's the recipe!

This classic baked potato soup gets an upgrade with a crispy, crunchy Onion Haystack topper. Can be made several days ahead.