ROSH HASHANAH - JEWISH NEW YEAR

Recipes to celebrate a sweet new year
Rosh Hashanah (literally 'head of the year') is Jewish New Year. According to tradition, it's also the birthday of the world; the day the first humans were created. The Rosh Hashana table typically features sweet foods to symbolise the hope that the year ahead will be a good and sweet one. At the bottom of the page you'll find links to a variety of sites that give different perspectives on Jewish New Year foods and recipes. For example, Ashkenazi Jews (those of European origin) eat apple dipped in honey. No recipe needed for that one! Just slice up your favourite apples and either drizzle honey over them, or dip the apple slice into a pot of honey. In contrast, the Iraqi Jewish custom is to eat apple jam. APPLE JAM RECIPES:

• Apple Jam recipe by Rose Benjamin
• Iraqi Apple Preserve by Claudia Roden
• Iraqi Jewish Rosh Hashanah Apple Jam by Sarah Sassoon
• Apple, cardamom and rose Jam by Linda Dangoor

• Gina’s Hair Raising Honey Cake by Monday Morning Cooking Club
• Jewish Honey Cake by Renana's kitchen

• Rosh Hashanah Honey Cake by Adam Liaw
• Chocolate Honey Cake by Leah Cooks Kosher
• Chocolate Honey Cake by The Jewish Kitchen with Jodi Luber

• Gluten-Free Honey Cake by Renana's Kitchen
• Gluten Free AND Nut-free honey cake by Rachel Mansfield

• GENERAL JEWISH NEW YEAR FOOD LINKS
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• 10 Tips for a Healthy Rosh Hashannah Meal
• The Food We Eat on Rosh Hashanah and Why
• A Culinary Guide to Symbolic Rosh Hashanah Foods

• Many thanks to Contributing Food Editor Elana Benjamin for this page.