Making Gefilte Fish

The classic Jewish holiday dish, made from scratch at Firefly Restaurant in San Francisco.

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Naked Gefilte

A photo essay showing the Passover fish dish made from scratch.

A homemade version from San Francisco’s Firefly Restaurant.

Southern Seder

A Passover menu with Southern flair.

California Roll, Dragon Roll, Nematode Roll?

Fish, both wild and farmed, contain parasites. They’re gross but easy to get rid of.

Hosting Your First Passover

Because your ancestors had it harder than you, so honor them.

Last year after seeing the CH video on making gefilte fish I gave it a try. I ended up using frozen whiting. It was cheap and for my first attempt I thought why not. It was too soft and if I ever do it again I would use a better...

I make my gefilte fish with whitefish- I am going to my sister’s home for pesach- she would like the gefilte fish with pike and/or carp? what proportions of fish do you use?

You have a couple of east bay options. Oakland Kosher on Lakeshore has frozen gefilte fish in a shrink-wrapped loaf. You plunk it into boiling water, still frozen, and cook it for an hour. They gave me a taste of it cooked and it...

is where the name, gefilte, or stuffed, comes from.

i’d like to make gefilte fish this rh...i live in florida and can’t get any white northern fish...what substitutes would you recommend?...thanx and shana tova

Is there in New York City a take-out shop or store stocking home-made gefilte fish (fresh or frozen) that is WITHOUT sugar? Not that diabetes is the issue, but having been raised on the subtle tart Litvak style of preparing this...

A classic condiment for topping gefilte fish.

The problem? The smell of frying oil clings to your kitchen the way Grandma clings to her gefilte fish. The solution: Cook your latkes outside on the gas grill.