Babka very well might just be the king of all Jewish desserts. The sweet braided bread – usually swirled with chocolate or cinnamon – is addictively delicious, perfect either hot or room temperature, ...

Swirls of chocolate run through spiced dough – a great alternative to cake with a cuppa. This chocolate, cardamom and hazelnut babka recipe is featured in Season 4, Episode 3.

Read between the lines of an old family recipe and you’re liable to read the story of the family itself. The scrawled marginalia and cooking stains, the collective memory of shared feasts — they might ...