Food & Recipes

Chocolate brownies. Photos: Mark Weinberg

February 7, 2025, 10:00 am

Sweetness without sugar: tweaking regular desserts

'One of my favourite parts about myself and my family is that we are Jewish. I love being married to a Jewish man who is equally as proud'

By Rachel Ringler

January 9, 2025, 10:41 am

Food as a love language

In this fractured world, where people are becoming increasingly divided and polarised, two women have made it their mission to bring people together.

By Alex Galbinski

Elana (left) with some of the Benjamin cousins when they were young.

November 28, 2024, 11:01 am

Stories and spices across the generations

For Mizrahi Heritage Month, Jessica Abelsohn spoke to author Elana Benjamin about her most recent cookbook, which aims to preserve Sephardi-Mizrahi stories and traditions.

By Jessica Abelsohn

Alice Zaslavsky in A Bite to Eat with Alice. Photo: ABC.

October 23, 2024, 9:07 am

Delicious new cooking show to premiere

The show's warm format, including its colourful kitchen with personal touches, makes one feel at home with Alice.

By Sharyn Kolieb

October 20, 2024, 9:36 am

Make friends with salad

According to Alice Zaslavsky, you can definitely make friends with salad.

By Jessica Abelsohn

November 23, 2023, 5:30 am

Reflections from the Family Cookbook Society

Throughout the year, a group of family recipe enthusiasts came together to learn how to create and record family recipes, guided by Anna Kharzeva, a food writer and program manager at Shalom.

By Ilan Harris

September 19, 2023, 6:53 am

Apple and honey dumplings

Place a cored apple upright on the middle of each square. Add a 1 tsp of butter to the centre of the apple. Sprinkle the tops of the apple with cinnamon.

By AJN STAFF

Behind the scenes with Lisa and Danny Goldberg filming the Martinis and Snacks episode.

June 15, 2023, 11:19 am

Strolls and snacks

Lisa Goldberg has always loved travelling somewhere, making notes about where she's eaten and what she's done and then sharing it with her friends. Which is why her YouTube show, Walking Up an Appetite is such a thrill for her to do. The self-confessed foodie spoke to The AJN about exploring greater Sydney, all in the name of food and adventure.

By Jessica Abelsohn

June 8, 2023, 10:56 am

Making takeaway more eco-friendly

For 15 years, Gary Smith of Sydney, CEO of Australian packaging development company BioPak, has been on a mission to substitute plastics in the fast-food and grocery space.

By Peter Kohn

Natalie Levy. Photo: Instagram @sweet_as_funk

June 8, 2023, 10:50 am

Donning her apron for Bake Off

Is Natalie Levy Australia’s greatest amateur baker? We’ll soon be able to find out as we follow her journey on The Great Australian Bake Off.

By Jessica Abelsohn

May 11, 2023, 11:15 am

The new culinary destination

Israel is a melting pot of culinary influences. Israeli chef Michael Rantissi tells Carly Adno about the 'mind-blowing' evolution of food in the country.

By Carly Adno

May 4, 2023, 9:47 am

Simple, fast, fun and personalised cooking

When Nigella Lawson speaks, people listen. When she cooks, people eat. Her food and recipes are so intrinsically linked to her being, yet the 'domestic goddess' never actually claimed to be a chef. Rather, she's just someone who likes feeding people.

By Jessica Abelsohn

May 2, 2023, 6:33 am

Tzimmes cake

Tastes even better the next day

By AJN STAFF

February 2, 2023, 8:57 am

Changing the conversation around food

Dietitian Lyndi Cohen believes that you haven't failed at diets. Diets have failed you. And it's this mantra that shines through her new book, Your Weight is not the Problem. The AJN spoke to the Nude Nutritionist about her journey so far.

By Jessica Abelsohn

Israeli chef Tomer Tal and his team at the George & John restaurant in Tel Aviv receive an award after ranking sixth among the 50 best dining establishments in the Middle East and North Africa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: YouTube/50 Best Restaurants TV screenshot

February 1, 2023, 10:19 am

Six Israeli restaurants ranked among 50 best in the region

The highest Israeli representative, at sixth on the list, is Tel Aviv’s George & John. ‘It’s a great honour to represent Israel, especially in days like these,’ says chef Tomer Tal