Find the full article about this wonderful recipe and its backstory by Ty Alhadeff, published by the blog of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington, at Borekas and the flavor of Rhodes: Paradise lost, recipe saved.
From Borekas and the flavor of Rhodes: Paradise lost, recipe saved, by Ty Alhadeff:
"Every Sephardic cookbook includes a recipe for borekas, or burekas, but there is none quite like the one written down by Rachel (née Capelouto) Shemarya. A native of Rhodes, Rachel carried on the culinary traditions of her island here in the Pacific Northwest, where she recorded her own recipe for borecas di patata in her native Judeo-Spanish. For the first time, her Borecas di Patata recipe is available online at the Sephardic Studies Digital Library for all to try out for themselves. Her recipe is special not only because it is the only one in the Sephardic Studies Digital Library, but also because it offers a rare look into the lives of Sephardic women whose experiences often escape the written record."
Photograph from Rachel Shemarya’s Petition for Naturalization, November 1941, courtesy of Ancestry.com
Find the full article about this wonderful recipe and its backstory by Ty Alhadeff, published by the blog of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington, at Borekas and the flavor of Rhodes: Paradise lost, recipe saved.