For many Jews, slivovitz—the Eastern European plum brandy—is wrapped in nostalgia, evoking memories of irascible relatives downing fiery shots over Yiddish banter, or the mysterious bottle at the back of your grandmother’s pantry, revealed only during Passover seders. Over the years, slivovitz has become a...
By Josh Tapper [dropcap]A[/dropcap] Bukharian Friday night dinner is an elaborate affair: Plates of carp doused with garlic sauce and cilantro, garlicky fried fish and mushroom salad flecked with dill, array the Shabbat table, enveloped in the fragrant aroma of non-toqi, a broad, flat, matzoh-like cracker. Nearly...
Foie gras—the controversial and expensive delicacy described by the renowned food encyclopedia Larousse Gastronomique as “one of the jewels in the crown of French gastronomy”—is made from the liver of a specially fattened duck or goose...
Cairo-born Claudia Roden’s first cookbook, A Book of Middle Eastern Food, published in 1968, was described by James Beard as a “landmark in the field of cookery.” Four books and many awards later, Roden in 1996 published A Book of Jewish Food, which critics praised as “masterful,”...
by Alison Morse Most days, Attilio Pavoncello, an Italian Jew and amateur chef, can be found on Via Portico D’Ottavia, the main street of Rome’s former Jewish ghetto, helping out at his wife Speranza’s souvenir shop or his son Umberto’s kosher restaurant. He has lived on...
Courtesy of A Treasury of Jewish Holiday Baking by Marcy Goldman Makes 14 to 16 servings Filo crust 2 filo pastry leaves 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted Filling 4 eggs plus 1 egg yolk 1 and 1/2 pounds cream cheese, at room temperature 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup honey 1/2 teaspoon sesame seed oil 1/4...
by Nevin Martell The first time I tasted halvah was on Manhattan’s Lower East Side after a long night on the town. I wandered into a corner deli offering hundreds of potential dessert options, but I was drawn to a marbled halvah bar for sale at...
Joan Nathan, the queen of Jewish American and Israeli cookbooks, takes to the old continent in her new book, Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France. Nathan returns to the country where she spent several years of her youth and wends her...
Stuffed Cabbage Filling: 2 beaten eggs 1 pound ground beef ½ cup cooked rice ½ teaspoon garlic powder 1 tablespoon grated onion (or 1/2 cup chopped and cooked in oil) ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon pepper 1 tablespoon catsup Sauce: 2 cups tomato sauce 2 tablespoons tomato paste ½ cup sugar ¼ cup lemon juice or cider vinegar Salt and pepper to...
What you call it usually depends on where your grandmother came from. ...