Category: ashkenazi

When an Ashkenazi Vegetable Meets a Sephardic Staple: Sorrel Hummus

For years, I was desperate to try sorrel. I think I first became aware of it from Gil Marks’s magisterial Olive Trees and Honey, back in the early days of my interest in Jewish food history, and the concept of a lemony spinach-like green had me absolutely entranced. I adore lemon, I’m pretty solid with […]

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Pimm’s Cel-Ray Spritz: Pimm’s Goes to the Deli

When I was living in England, I fell in love with the Pimm’s Cup. You haven’t lived until you’ve drunk one of these refreshing drinks—made from the quintessentially English gin-based liqueur with herbs and citrus, lemon soda (which the Brits inexplicably and confusingly refer to as “lemonade”) or ginger ale, and copious amounts of cut […]

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aquafaba challah

Aquafabulous Vegan Challah: Smarter than Your Average Water Challah

What if you could bake an egg-free vegan challah with the texture of the eggy kind? Thanks to the wonders of aquafaba challah, now you can!

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mamaliga

Sautéed Chive Mamaliga with Feta-Scallion Sauce

What if a slice of cornbread and a scallion pancake had a baby? It would probably turn out something like this sophisticated take on mamaliga, aka polenta, aka Jewish grits, a(rather uncharitably)ka cornmeal mush.

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Sweet Noodles for Shavuot: Lokshen with Honey, Cream, and Poppy Seeds

You all know I have a thing for poppy seeds by now. I put them in hamantaschen, I put them in oatmeal, I put them in my cabbage varnishkes—and those are just the recipes I’ve blogged so far (#putapoppyseedonit).

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Rhubarb-Prune Tsimmes: A Spring-Inspired Take on an Ashkenazi Classic for Passover

At Passover, I’m all about celebrating the bounty of spring produce. There’s artichokes, asparagus, and above all rhubarb, that sour celery-looking vegetable masquerading as a fruit that’s, alas, rarely found outside pie in this country. But it doesn’t have to be that way. For example, you can put it in this rhubarb-prune tsimmes.

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Modern Jewish Baker: Challah Hacks from Shannon Sarna

One of my favorite things about living in NYC is the abundance of cool Jewish foodie events going on just about any given month. A few weeks ago, for example, I got to see Jewish baking rockstar Shannon Sarna of the Nosher give a talk about her new cookbook, Modern Jewish Baker, and demo some […]

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Cabbage Varnishkes

This recipe was born of necessity, but it turned out to be a happy accident. I was all ready to whip up a batch of that favorite shtetl classic, kasha varnishkes (toasted buckwheat groats with noodles), topped with roasted vegetables. I was especially psyched to have one of my favorite roasting vegetables, cauliflower, on hand—or […]

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Boyotaschen: The Ashkefardi Purim Mashup You Didn’t Know You Were Missing

It seems like savory hamantaschen are all the rage this year, and I’m throwing my hat into the ring with a truly delightful Ashkenazi-Sephardi mashup: the boyotaschen.

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Purim 2018 NYC Bakery Hamantaschen Roundup

Welcome to my extremely unscientific and incomplete ramble through New York City’s vast and varied hamantaschen offerings. I hit up a few spots in Manhattan, because I live here, and a few more in Brooklyn (Midwood only this year—I had grand ambitions of venturing further afield, but Brooklyn is far and getting around it is […]

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