Limor’s Cookies with Poppy Seeds

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    40

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Cuisines of Odesa: A Ukrainian Cookbook

By Maria Kalenska

Published 2026

  • About

Limor’s great-grandparents came to Israel from Odesa before the Communist Revolution with wonderful memories about their city of origin. Her great-grandfather, who became a well-known artist in Israel, had originally graduated from the Odesan Art School. He reminisces fondly about one café in the center of Odesa, called Fanconi, where artists and local intelligentsia would gather. The glamorous café was founded by two Italian brothers, and Fanconi is still there. Even thoug