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For Sam Glaser (aish.com), the four H's were Holy Land, Holocaust, Hebrew and Holidays.
For me it was--and still is--Halvah, "hering" (herring), "holehtses"/"holebshess"/ "holishkes" (stuffed cabbage), hummus, Hillel sandwich, haroset (the mixture of apples, sweet red wine, and chopped nuts that is placed on the seder plate at Pesach, Hallah (or Challah), and Hamantashen (small, triangular-shaped cookies filled wtih fruit or jam that are eaten on Purim.)
Halvah is my favorite. Leo Rosten ("the new Joys of Yiddish") wrote, "Halvah, which crumbles into sticky flakes in the mouth, is a 'treat,' a nosh or dessert prized by those with a more-than-average sweet tooth. It is found in Turkish, Syrian and Armenian food stores and in many delicatessens in Jewish neighborhoods." "Ich bin hungerik." (I am hungry.)
Hummis is a paste of ground-up chickpeas that is blended with oil and spices to make a creamy dip. Hummis is often eaten with tahini or as a dip with vegetables or pita bread. Hummus and falafel in pita bread is a popular Israeli sandwich.
According to Eisenberg and Scolnic ("Dictionary of Jewish Words"), a Hillel sandwich is a sandwich, made by putting maror between two pieces of matzah, which is eaten during the seder or Pesach. The sandwich is named for Hillel, the 1st century sage and rabbi who, unlike other rabbis, ate the holiday's three symbolic foods together: matzah, maror, and the Paschal lamb that was sacrificed at the Temple on the eve of Passover. Today at the seder, Jews eat a Hillel sandwich--minus the lamb, but sometimes with haroset.
Other "h" favorites include "Honik-lekech" (honey cake) and "hak flaish" (chopped meat).
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