It’s not what you’re used to piling on a bagel at the Yom Kippur break-fast, but gravlax is way cheaper, easy to make at home and equally perfect for the holidays.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Fridge Fish?

It’s not what you’re used to piling on a bagel at the Yom Kippur break-fast, but gravlax is way cheaper, easy to make at home and equally perfect for the holidays.
First and foremost: Gravlax is not what you’re used to piling high on a sesame bagel with scallion cream cheese, red onion and tomato. That sort of fish—also known as…
There is one food that connects Hillary’s Jewish background and her fiancé’s Italian-American one: that dry, almond-speckled cookie that grandmothers have been pushing on reluctant kids for billions of years (rough estimation).
I’m an Ashkenazi Jew. My fiancé is Italian-American. Our ancestral food cultures—meat-and-potatoes kosher versus Mediterranean Treif City—have just about nothing in common, beyond the fact that both of our people…
Sifting through her grandmother’s belongings after her funeral last summer, Hillary discovered a treasure in the form of Nonnie’s hand-typed cookbook and decided to cook and blog her way through it.
One of my greatest triumphs in cooking through my grandmother Nonnie’s cookbook so far was her apple cake, a welcome addition to any dessert spread, whether it’s a high holiday…