Adeena Sussman - Zariz: 100 Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv-y Recipes

In a world that often feels overwhelming, Adeena Sussman returns to the kitchen as a place of rhythm, creativity, and comfort. Celebrating her new cookbook ZARIZ, she explores how Israeli flavors, streamlined cooking, and thoughtful simplicity help us reconnect — to food, to tradition, and to each other.
In conversation with Rachel Holtzman.

For Adeena Sussman, the kitchen is an island of calm: a place where she can center her mind, set the rules, and create a daily haven of deliciousness through her cooking. These days, she finds herself embracing the mantra “when the going gets tough, the cooking gets easy.” Pandemics, wars, and the busy pace of a very full life have led her toward a smoother, more streamlined cooking approach embodied in the Hebrew word for quick, ZARIZ: 100 Easy, Breezy, Tel Aviv-y Recipes.

This pared-down style doesn’t mean sacrificing the rhythms, sounds, and sensory pleasures we experience while preparing vibrant, yet simple recipes. Instead, it has led her to rely on fewer pots and pans, a more edited pantry of highly versatile ingredients to create maximum flavor, and simple, thoughtful techniques that bring meals together effortlessly--always with her signature, flavor-forward style.

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