Want candy that’s good for you? Consider halva. Made primarily from sesame seeds, the confection is an excellent source of minerals. (A cup of sesame seeds has more iron than a cup of broccoli.) There ...

(The Nosher via JTA) -- I had my first proper halva experience at The Halva Kingdom in the Machane Yehuda shuk in Jerusalem. I'd never really liked halva before that - the one or two times I had ...

The combination of tahini and halva candy marks these accidentally vegan cookies with an unmistakable sesame flavor. The halva candy melts while baking, forming a delicious, sweet sesame pool on top ...

I don’t know when or where people got the sick notion that the holidays should be about rushing or working until the last minute. Trash. Doing the most for the holidays DURING the holidays isn’t going ...

Join Andy Baraghani in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as he makes salted chocolate halva. Salt and bittersweet chocolate lend a savory, sophisticated edge to this typically saccharine-sweet dessert.

Derived from the Arabic word for “sweet”, the term halva or similar is used in countries around the world to refer to countless varieties of nut- or flour-based confectionery. This sesame-based ...

Spread Adrianna Adarme's halva chocolate spread on toast or fruit. Learn more at the Fresh Tastes blog. I recently had pistachio­-studded halva at a restaurant and loved it. I had it at a Turkish ...

Zoë Komarin's halva-topped chocolate chip cookies are perfumed with cardamom. (Portrait by Christina House / Los Angeles Times; cookie photo by Silvia Razgova / For The Times; food and prop styling by ...

Melt together the butter, sugar, water and cocoa (adding vanilla, rum or tia maria to taste). Add the halva and cook gently until the halva melts. Let the mixture cool. Cut wafers to fit in a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Catherine Dzilenski / For The Times) This chewy-crispy cookie recipe from "More Is More" by Molly Baz is savory-sweet with ground ...

It’s a tale as old as time: A Jewish expatriate lands on the Lower East Side, starts selling culinary treats from his home country from a pushcart and eventually makes it big. Katz's Deli, Russ & ...

We asked several L.A.-area pastry chefs and cooks to contribute their favorite holiday cookies. Each is a simple, homestyle cookie that reflects the contributor’s memories of holidays past. I grew up ...