Recipes for Shavuot

Published May 14, 2021

In 2021, Shavuot begins the evening of Sunday, May 16 and ends the evening of Tuesday, May 18.

Below are some of the Jewish Light's top-read Shavuot food stories.

To learn more about Shavuot, check out these primers on the holiday:

Recipe | The Shavuot pasta on the laundry line? Yep!

A beautiful and symbolic bread for Shavuot

For Shavuot, try this Instant Pot Cheesecake

These sweet cheese buns are perfect for Shavuot

Pita Bread…Perfect for Shavuot

Dairy meal options for Shavuot are plentiful

This Shavuot, try Israeli couscous mac and cheese

Versatile yogurt perfect for Shavuot

Ricotta and strawberry bourekas for Shavuot

How to make perfect cheesecake five ways

Mehren und Mandlen Torte (Carrot and Almond Torte). Photo: Michael Kahn

From lamb to brisket: Discovering the diverse flavors of Passover

Yehonatan, Naama, Or and Ofer behind the scenes with their cake while filming their first Taste of Memories recipe video.

St. Louis Shinshinim hosting ‘Taste of Memories’ honoring a fallen IDF’s soldier’s favorite foods

Joan Nathans 12th cookbook, My Life in Recipes, takes readers through her family story.

Joan Nathan, pioneering Jewish food maven, dishes all in her new autobiography

Cacio e Pepe Matzah Brei Recipe

Cacio e Pepe Matzah Brei Recipe

Gail Simmons’ Matzah Ball soup recipe

Gail Simmons’ Matzah Ball soup recipe

Robin WIlliams at the Happy Feet Two Australian Premiere 4 December 2011,

Robin Williams’ hilarious Exodus retelling is a must-see Passover tradition

Part of a delivery of tactical helmets to the Israeli army’s Golani Brigade, which were donated earlier this week in memory of Tomer Grinberg, a soldier killed in combat in December.

Six months into war, Israeli soldiers still count on donations for basic supplies. Why?

Launch of #LetOurPeopleGo campaign presses for hostages release

Launch of #LetOurPeopleGo campaign presses for hostages’ release

Israeli army flares fall over the northern Har Dov area on Mount Hermon on Nov. 13, 2023, amid increasing cross-border tensions between Lebanons Hezbollah and Israel as fighting continues with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)

Survey: Jews feel close to Israel; its government, not so much

Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia University, testifies about Jew-hatred on campus before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 17, 2024.

Columbia University leaders grilled about campus Jew-hatred