Reichot VeTeamim: Iraqi traditional cuisine to warm you up

• Author: JONATHAN GILAD
• Date: 07 January 2021
• Published date: 07 January 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Reichot VeTeamim ("Scents and Flavors") is a delicatessen in Ramat Hasharon that before the pandemic supplied local families with home-cooked meals. For the winter they decided to track down family recipes and create dishes that will make you homesick for Iraqi cooking even if you have no Iraqi roots.

Limor Oren and Oded Shaharabani, a couple in life and owners of the delicatessen, decided to delve into the Iraqi cuisine and offer more than the regular kubbeh. Alongside many dishes that have already taken their place in the Israeli eclectic cuisine, they prepare many unfamiliar and delicious dishes that you can only try if you have an Iraqi grandma. Cooking these dishes is Oded's mom, Pirchiya Shaharabani, 75, who was born and raised in Mosul, Iraq, before immigrating to Israel.

The couple and Pirchiya delved into the cuisine, the stories and the people that were a part of Pirchiya's life, coming up with a fantastic menu perfect for this time of year. The special dishes are available to take out or have delivered every Thursday and Friday.

We tried a few of the dishes and here are our favorites: Mishmeshia, a dish with over 800 years of history that is said to have been...