Recipe from Now for Something Sweet by the Monday Morning Cooking Club, contributed by Adam Wolfers: These biscuits are inspired by the sweet nut kipferl Adam’s Viennese grandmother used to…
Savory Walnut Biscuits
Vegan Blintzes
Blintzes are a Jewish favorite, especially for Shavuot, but when it comes to adopting a vegan diet, they’re usually among the first dish to go. Not anymore with this plant-based…
Aranygaluska (Hungarian Pull-Apart Bread)
Hungarian immigrants introduced aranygaluska, a traditional Hungarian coffeecake whose name means “golden dumpling,” to the US in the late-nineteenth to early-twentieth century. This coffeecake is the predecessor of what we…
Double-Baked Potatoes with Horseradish and Cheddar
When I was growing up, my babysitter Jennie used to make double-baked potatoes regularly, which I adored. What I didn’t realize then was that Jennie made them because they were…
Sabbath Cabbage Salad Inspired by Rebbetzin Mushy
The weekly menu for Jewish Iceland’s Sabbath dinner varies a bit, but there’s usually a cabbage salad. Rebbetzin Mushky Feldman varies it each week. This is a recreation of one…
Everything-Bagel-and-Lox Dip with Bagel Chips
A few months ago, I was at a Restaurant Week dinner at one of those hip places that is known for taking those classic old-fashioned dishes that make up our…
Galoub
This traditional Yemenite fried pita goes by various names, depending on which of the 1,000 Jewish settlements in Yemen one came from. My mother called it galoub or gourse interchangeably,…
Roasted Grape Almond Tart
Tarts are a great way to let fruit be the star of your dessert. If the idea of grapes in a tart has you scratching your head, you’re not alone.…
Peperoni Ripieni (Stuffed Peppers with Eggplant)
A beautiful package of Italian garden flavors, these peppers feature a smooth basil-spiked eggplant filling elegantly draped with melty, creamy cheese and a bite of tomato. Use the time when…
Effortless Angel’s Food Cake
This is probably the easiest meringue you’ll ever make. Just put some cold egg whites and sugar in a bowl, start whipping and then stop before they’re stiff. With a…
