We asked several L.A.-area pastry chefs and cooks to contribute their favorite holiday cookies. Each is a simple, homestyle cookie that reflects the contributor’s memories of holidays past. I grew up ...

Rachel makes these indulgent vegan tahini halva brownies 😍 They’re fudgey, gooey and go perfectly with the pistachio halva.

Special to the SentinelFriends, I am not here to make fun of vegans or veganism, but to ask a simple question: WHERE THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO GET VEGAN HALVA??? AND WHAT IS HALVA??? I JUST WANT TO ...

At Seed + Mill in New York’s trendy Chelsea Market, the writing is literally on the wall. There you will find a definition of the well-known Middle Eastern confection, halva, and the tahini (sesame ...

Two years ago, when bone broths had 15 minutes of culinary fame in New York City, certain killjoys (this author included) responded huffily. Salubrious soups made from long-simmered pork or beef bones ...

Zoë Komarin's halva-topped chocolate chip cookies are perfumed with cardamom. (Portrait by Christina House / Los Angeles Times; cookie photo by Silvia Razgova / For The Times; food and prop styling by ...