Recipe from Now for Something Sweet by the Monday Morning Cooking Club, contributed by Yolan Frank: Merelyn’s mother, Yolan Frank, seemed to make an apple cake every week. This was…
Apple and Jam Oil Cake
Emergency Salad
From Washington Women’s Cook Book, published by the Washington Equal Suffrage Association: The name Emergency Salad may not be in common use today, but it was a well-accepted term in…
Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup
Beet borscht is undoubtedly the most popular sweet and-sour soup within the Ashkenazi soup canon. But this cabbage-based soup, called krautsuppe in German, is just as delicious. It is traditionally…
Yeasted Pumpkin Bread
Sephardi Jews traditionally eat foods made with pumpkin and squash on Rosh Hashanah, when they hold symbolic significance. Jewish traders also played a major role in spreading the New World…
Vegan Apple Galette
A galette is one of those desserts that looks impressive, but is actually pretty easy to make. And by making it vegan, you guarantee a treat for everyone!
Mushroom Keftes de Prasa (Sephardic Leek Patties)
A traditional Sephardic Jewish dish, these leek patties are typical of the Balkans and Turkey. They are eaten year round, but customarily served on Passover, when leeks are in season,…
Evie’s Tzimmes with a Twist
My mother, Evelyn (Grandma Evie or Grandma E to her grandchildren), made a great tzimmes. As a child, I loved it, but as I got older and tasted it with…
Nina’s Apple Cake
For decades, Nina and Leon Merrick have brought not just a freshly baked cake to meals, but also countless stories of Poland, Ukraine, Russia and extended family across the globe—all…
Tsukune “Matzah Ball” Soup
When learning about reducing kitchen waste a few years ago, I read the book Waste Free Kitchen Handbook. There is a suggestion to keep food scraps like chicken bones, onion…
Japanese Kamaboko (Fish Cake)-Inspired Gefilte Fish
Whenever I think of gefilte fish, I think of the Japanese version of fish cakes that I grew up with: kamaboko. Coincidentally, when you search for “gefilte fish” online, kamaboko also…
