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Here’s another wierd one for Pesach: Intagashlinganah Borsht
My mother always served Intagashlinganah Borsht at lunch on the second day of Pesach but I never knew why. It certainly wasn’t to please me. I mean which kid, especially a non Russian one likes borsht?...
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My favorite Pesach Cookie: Pecan Drops
Cover of Joy of Cooking I never baked for Pesach. Frankly, the entire subject led me to despair. What can you possibly bake with matzo meal and/or potato starch that justifies the ingestion of hundreds...
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Metaphysical Blintzes for Shavuos
Two Blins/Puncakes on the Plate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Forget Zen koans, trips to the Dalai Lama, meditation retreats. You can find life’s secrets in a cheese blintz. Says the Rebbe Rav Naftoli of...
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Hooked on Sourdough Part 1
As much as I detest the addiction metaphor , (chochoholic, fashion addict , etc) I can’t find a better way to describe my relationship to sourdough. I’m hooked! Sourdough also known as wild yeast, is...
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Hooked on Sourdough 2:The Easiest Sourdough bread recipe on the planet
Amazing as it sounds, Alaska Sourdough Soda bread is cheaper and easier to bake at home than it is to buy, even without a bread machine–unless you happen to live in close proximity to an excellent and...
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Feeding the Inner Child: Rakott Krumpli, Hungarian Dairy Casserole, A comfort...
Kids don’t think their parents need comfort or comfort foods. Kids, especially really teeny ones don’t think their parents need anything at all–not food or sleep or privacy. But they do. As a battle...
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Rubia: Black Eyed Peas for the New Year
Until I learned about the simanim, the symbolic foods of the Rosh Hashana meal I had no idea that Jews ate black eyed peas. Like chitterlins and collard greens, I thought they belonged to the genre...
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Holy Carrots For the New Year
While I grew up eating honey cooked carrots every Rosh Hashana, I never realized this was holy food until I read Rabbi Dovid Meisel’s account of the every day life of Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, the...
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A quick fix for an ailing relationships :Shalom Bayis Kugel
Many years ago a couple lived together in a small Polish shtetl . Though they were both basically good people, they had a disagreement they couldn’t resolve. In time their difference grew so severe...
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Mamaliga
Last week a brick of bright yellow cornmeal sitting on a supermarket shelfl sent me into gastronomic ecstasy. This wasn’t just any cornmeal It was KiTov, a food manufacturer specializing in insect...
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