Archive - Harry’s Baked

Chef Nikolai: The Forgotten Architect of Israeli Culinary Culture

Shalom from Israel,

Jul 3 •

Harry Rubenstein

June 2025

Dispatch from the Shelter: The Nightly Exodus

Life right now is missiles and reinforced rooms. But also family dinners, quiet streets, and holding on to the present.

Jun 19 •

Harry Rubenstein

May 2025

From Kiddush Table to Pastry School

How childhood synagogue cookies led to my most treasured recipe

May 19 •

Harry Rubenstein

April 2025

The Plague Syndicate: Biblical Vengeance Gets a Comic Book Makeover

The unauthorized anti-hero team Pharaoh never saw coming.

Apr 11 •

Harry Rubenstein

March 2025

Simmering Legacy: Azura, Soul of the Iraqi Market

And the meatball recipe my teenager actually requests!

Mar 24 •

Harry Rubenstein

February 2025

The Secret Life of Eggplant Brûlée

How a vegetarian restaurant on the edge of Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market turned eggplant into pure magic (and how to make it at home).

Feb 4 •

Harry Rubenstein

January 2025

Chicken with Butternut Squash and Dates

This Moroccan-inspired dish combines tender chicken with butternut squash that melts into a rich, aromatic sauce, studded with sweet dates.

Jan 26 •

Harry Rubenstein

In Defense of Prunes

Despite the dried fruit lobby's best attempts, the prune has a PR problem.

Jan 7 •

Harry Rubenstein

December 2024

Four Cookbooks and a Dinosaur: A Hanukkah Newsletter

Plus recipes for Pull-Apart Sufganiyot Cake and Kohlrabi and Carrot fritters

Dec 16, 2024 •

Harry Rubenstein

LATKES, LATKES, LATKES

Whether you're a latke rookie or a potato-grating pro, I'm about to share the game-changing techniques that will elevate your Hanukkah frying game from…

Dec 5, 2024 •

Harry Rubenstein

November 2024

Pumpkin and the Jews

Plus a recipe for a sage-infused brown butter pumpkin bread

Nov 25, 2024 •

Harry Rubenstein

Finding Flavor in Nazareth

I pulled into Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past fed...

Nov 17, 2024 •

Harry Rubenstein

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