Want candy that’s good for you? Consider halva. Made primarily from sesame seeds, the confection is an excellent source of minerals. (A cup of sesame seeds has more iron than a cup of broccoli.) There ...

The combination of tahini and halva candy marks these accidentally vegan cookies with an unmistakable sesame flavor. The halva candy melts while baking, forming a delicious, sweet sesame pool on top ...

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 ...

It’s a tale as old as time: A Jewish expatriate lands on the Lower East Side, starts selling culinary treats from his home country from a pushcart and eventually makes it big. Katz's Deli, Russ & ...

Join Andy Baraghani in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as he makes salted chocolate halva. Salt and bittersweet chocolate lend a savory, sophisticated edge to this typically saccharine-sweet dessert.