The Food Section incorporates Varsano Family recipes, food memories, holiday specialities and menus, and adaptations of traditional Sephardic dishes. The items included in this section are intended to be a basic representation of popular Sephardic cuisine. The intention is for this section to grow as various members of the extended Varsano family contribute their own recipes, memories, and traditions.
Bread and Soup
Salads
Mezze (Appetizers)
Bulgarian Eggplant and Pepper Dip
Keftes De Prasa (Leek Patties)
Yogurt Dishes
Fish Dishes
Pasta con La Mollica with Anchovies
Meat Dishes
Jon’s Sephardic Hanukkah Chicken
Rice Dishes
Desserts
Halvah
Cookies
Biscochos (Jon Varsano Recipe)
Mustachudo (Jon Varsano Recipe)
Donuts
Challah Fritters with Sweet Tahini Sauce
Chocolate
Varsano’s Chocolates
Drinks
Turkish Coffee
Kosher Wine
Raki
Holiday Specialties
Pesach
Hanuka
Special thanks to Rachel, Sarah “Seli,” and Mordecai Varsano and all the great cooks and chefs of Sephardic Cuisine that have inspired Jon Varsano to create this Varsano Food Section with adapted recipes of traditional dishes.