Food

Foods of the Rhodeslis

The cuisine of the Jews of Rhodes naturally included those foods that were native to the region around the island. Living among the Greeks and Turks therefore included foods such as yaprakes (dolmathes), kiftes, baklava and sootlach.

What is interesting is that the large number of Sephardic refugees from Spain also brought with them many of the foods from Spain. A number of these Spanish “comidas” (foods) included: biscochus, pastelicus, pandericas and mazipan.

Below is a ceramic plate that is decorated with the popular design featuring the deer, which is the symbol of Rhodes.

plate-with-deer

Sephardic traditions have been passed on with the interaction of parents and grandparents to the younger generations. In this photo “Papoo” Ted is teaching his grandchildren, Rachelle and Daniel how to form burekas.

teaching-foods

January 10, 2010:  ”Folares” freshly made for Purim by the Howard Franco family in New York:

3 Responses to “Food”

  1. September 13th, 2009

    Liliane Abergel:

    “

    Simply fantastic! I came across this website after I decided to do a Holiday “cleaning” of my saved Favorites files. I was born into a Sefaradic home in Alexandria, Egypt. A delightful surprise awaited me when I discovered recipes, on your website, that my grandmother used to make such as boyos! Although my cooking is basically Sefaradi it has been greatly influenced by my growing up in France, living in Israel and of course in the US. I have always loved anything to do with Jewish History and this website is a wonderful gift! Thank you so much for keeping it open to other Jews. Chag sameach ve Shana Tova u mevorachat! Liliane

  2. January 28th, 2010

    matilde galapo:

    “

    la ricetta dei boyos e come quella di mia madre bulgara e papa turco. grazie, mille

  3. February 2nd, 2010

    Efraim Varzan Capuya:

    “

    Soy biznieto del rabi Yacov Capuya y conozco todas las comidas Sefarditas de Rodas y Ierushalaim.

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