Sephardi, Ashkenazi
Treats For Pesach

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epharai foods have recent-
ly become fashionable in
merica. Sephardi recipes
have Spanish names and
include ingredients one would
find on the menus of many
Middle Eastern or Greek restau-
rants.

dietary mainstays,
Roasted lamb, salt-water ftSh,
Its pretty irotuc dhat this style
see fs And nuts, garlic, dried fruits
of cooking is enjoy iiig a renais-
mi , cinnamon and yogurt foods
sance, when you consider that the
that 're well-seasoned and accent-
first Jews to come to America were
ed with olive oil, rosemary, fresh.
1 SeOardim. In fact, the oldest syn-
lemon and honey are all part 6f
agogues in the new -world are
the Sephardi culinary cultic:'
Sephardi (Rhode Island's Touro
Another Sephardi, menu charac-
Synagogue, built in 1763, is the
teristic is the importance ofe-- -:,
oldest synagogue in Amerka).
tarian entrees, made with&
and rice which were and stil
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