I attended the Sinai Indaba last Sunday and if any of you heard Charlie Harari speak, I’m sure you’d agree that he is an incredible, inspiring and empowering speaker. I love this… Charlie said this of food; that the Jewish people are the only nation that has...
After 400 years as slaves in Egypt, G-d tells Moses and Aaron to get the Israelites ready; they will be leaving the land of their oppression at the hands of Pharoah and heading off to the Promised Land. Now it’s fascinating to see at this point...
It is customary to eat dairy foods on the first day of Shavuot. Menus range from traditional cheese blintzes and cakes to quiches, casseroles and more. To see Feigels Shavuot Menu please click here or… Continue reading and click the link below. There are a number of reasons for this custom. Here are...
Gluten Free Baked Cheese Cake Base 300gr broken pecans 50ml castor sugar 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 20ml mazina 3 tablespoons heaped butter Filling 500gr cream cheese 250ml fresh cream 4 jumbo eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla essence zest & juice of 1 orange 150ml castor sugar 30ml mazina Honey nut topping 60ml honey 30ml castor sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 150ml water juice of 1 lemon 150 gr cashew or...
For many of us, Shavuot is a nostalgic holiday full of casseroles and cheesecakes. In addition to celebrating the giving of the Torah, Shavuot is also a harvest festival and, in biblical times, was marked by the ceremony of bikkurim (first fruits), the bringing of the seven species to the Temple. In the...
Ever since I was big enough to be introduced to people; people would say, ” this is Patsy’s daughter from Feigels”. So let me introduce myself. I am Tamar, Patsy’s daughter from Feigels. I am still amazed, so many decades down the line, that everyone I meet has...
In 1922, a young woman in her early 20’s boarded a ship with her family and made the journey from Lithuania to South Africa. Her name was Feigel; she was my Bobba. Feigel met her husband, Mully (my Zaida) in South Africa and they had 4...
My Zaida (grandfather) used to say that he loved eating food that was prepared with love. Feigel (his wife) could cook and all the food Feigel prepared was made with love. She had a big heart and everything she did, she did with love. She used to say;...
Yeoville became a suburb in 1890. It was advertised as a ‘sanitarium for the rich’ with purer air as it was up on a ridge overlooking the dirty, smoke-filled mining town that had sprung up out of the Transvaal bushveld. The rich, however, did not buy into...
Jewish food tells a story of an uprooted, migrating people and their vanished worlds. Mention the word Feigels, and someone has a story to share. Mostly it reminds them of time they spent with loved ones. Jewish food jolts the senses. As we taste and smell and smell...