The sephardim were jews who settled in medieval spain during the diaspora expelled from spain and portugal in the 1490s by the christians most sephardic jews migrated elsewhere around the mediterranean taking with them a cuisine richly influenced by the sensual cooking of their former muslim rulers. In each distant place the sephardic jews cooked inventive and delightful meals whose flavor comes more from herbs and spices than from fat the core ingredients fresh fruits spices olives nuts tomatoes fennel eggs and seafood are as tasty as they are versatile. The sephardic kitchen the healthy food and rich culture of the mediterranean jews robert sternberg 9780060176914 books amazonca. The sephardic kitchen the healthy food and rich culture of the mediterranean jews author robert sternberg publisher harpercollins 1996 isbn 0060176911 9780060176914 length 384 pages. The sephardic kitchen the healthy food and rich culture of the mediterranean jews robert j sternberg author william morrow cookbooks 30 384p isbn 978 0 06 017691 4 more by and about this author