Jewish cuisine
This Portland Bakery Is Making Matzah from the 16th Century
For Passover in PDX, we're gonna party like it's 1503.
Sephardic Passover Food: Not Your Bubbe’s Matzo Ball Soup
Brisket and gefilte fish feature at many Ashkenazic Passover seders in the US, but the foods of Sephardi Jews are inspired by their roots in the Mediterranean.
How Berlin Got Its First Jewish Food Festival
Nosh Berlin brought together well-known Jewish chefs, historians, and food bloggers to create a celebration of global Jewish cuisine that could not have happened anywhere else.
A Modern Israeli Food Tour of London
To better understand Israeli cooking in Britain today, I joined The Barbary chef Eyal Jagermann and Oxford anthropologist Joel Hart to eat my way around a Turkish grill house, Middle Eastern confectioners, beigel shop, and Iraqi fish joint.
Gin and Tonic Smoked Salmon Might Be the Most Festive Seafood Dish Ever
The H Forman & Son salmon smokehouse, established in London’s East End in 1905, has found a way to infuse salmon with juniper and citrus.
This Duo Wants to Take Gefilte Fish Out of the Kosher Aisle
Unhappy with the jars of jellied gefilte fish found in stores, Liz Alpern and Jeffrey Yoskowitz consulted bubbes and food scientists alike to create their own version at The Gefilteria.
Inside Montreal's Temple of Blues and Brisket
Along Quebec's Highway 20 is a little roadside restaurant serving smoked brisket to all walks of life.
Meet the Bagel Guy of Buenos Aires
Jacob Eichenbaum-Pikser, a former geophysics student and Manhattan transplant, has introduced handmade bagels to Buenos Aires and can’t bake them fast enough to meet demand.
Don't Mess with the Rules at Montreal's Temple of Fried Meats
Wilensky’s is as famous for its rules as it is for its food—rules which, perhaps unspoken among regulars and locals, are literally spelled out for the uninitiated.
This Montreal Jewish Bakery Doesn't Want to Be Called Modern
For Jeffrey Finkelstein of Montreal bakery Hof Kelsten, tradition is what’s kept, rather than kosher. “We’re not a landmark," he says. "We’re a hopeful future landmark."
It’s Not a Rosh Hashanah Feast Without Honey
Instead of welcoming in the year with disappointing club nights and surge charge Ubers, Rosh Hashanah lets you celebrate the new year gorging on honey cake.
This Dutch Family Has Been Pickling Vegetables Longer Than You
For hundreds of years, pickled fruits and vegetables have been staples of harsh, Dutch winters and bitter springtime. One family has managed to out-pickle their competition with this secret recipe.