What you might not know is how easy this wholly vegetarian, chickpea-based dish is to make from scratch. Here’s a guide for turning chickpeas and spices into restaurant-worthy falafel.

(JTA) — David Leitner, one of the most famous lovers of falafel in a country full of them, has died at 93 in Israel, the country that became his home after he survived the Holocaust as a young teen.