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Luckshen Kugel (Noodle Pudding)
Luckshen Kugel is my ultimate comfort food – and these days who doesn’t need a little comfort. A Kugel, according to Wikipedia, is “any one of a wide variety of traditional baked Jewish side dishes or...
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Rugelach (Grandma’s Butter Cookies)
When I was young, there were two cookies that captured the essence of home and tradition. They were “rugelach” (sometimes called “der ahnderer” or the other ones) and “der geralte”, the rolled ones,...
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Matzo Balls
Lest you think that Passover cooking was over after my big at-home feast, don’t be silly. I volunteered, again, to make matzo balls to put in the soup for the community seder for our congregation....
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Apple Strudel
Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Naturally, after services last night there was an oneg, food for the congregation to eat. In my small congregation, this is always a potluck, and for Rosh...
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Grandma Cake (Sour Cream Coffee Cake)
I am going to a potluck tonight where we have been asked to bring a dish that was traditional in our family. This is the cake that was at every occasion. It was at holiday dinners (okay, not Passover)...
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Blintzes with Blueberry-Cinnamon Sauce
Many years ago, when I asked my dear Grandma Freydl, how to make blintzes, those delicious Jewish crepes filled with creamy cheese and topped with fruit, she told me that to make them, you went to the...
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Grandma’s Potato Latkes
My little congregation had its annual Hannukah party on Saturday night. It was fun. We vainly attempted to sing the songs of our childhood…most of which came out like “Hanukah l’Hanukah na na na nan...
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Thumbprint Cookies
My little congregation in having a musical Sabbath tonight. To be precise, the klezmer band “The Kosher Red Hots” will play. Klezmer is a musical tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews of Eastern Europe....
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The True Adventures of Mock Chopped Liver
Each year my congregation has a community seder at Passover. About 80 people attend. We hire a caterer for the main course, but members are assigned traditional foods, such as the haroset or the matzoh...
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Hotel Potluck Adventure
Only a crazy person makes goodies for a potluck in her hotel room. I have been traveling, and I wanted to check out a possible congregation to join when I move to Baltimore later this year. Online, it...
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