grandmother doesn’t talk to me since my husband is Catholic, but that’s another story entirely... BTW- Jews eat apples (with honey) on New Years to have a sweet year- hence the appropriateness of making an apple cake.... (2 replies, last updated by Rick September 5, 2002)

I don’t know it’s Jewish name, but there’s a version of it at the link below that’s just called "Potato, Egg and Onion Appetizer." Link: http://www.toojewish.com/kosherville/recipecentral/pesach.html (8 replies, last updated by 9lives March 29, 2002)

So we were in Natick today trying to escape alive from the crowds at the mall and stumbled into Joan & Ed’s Deli...it didn’t taste like the best corned beef and matzo ball soup I’ve ever had, and certainly not... (34 replies, last updated by BostonZest November 23, 2007)

Does anyone have any suggestions? I’m running out of places to eat with her and I can’t do another meal at Famous Deli, Bennies, or any other jewish-style deli/restaurant. She’s an old school Jewish grandmother... (10 replies, last updated by monavano August 24, 2007)

Has anyone ever heard of using Italian prune plums to make tsimmes? My husband has been longing for his grandmother's tsimmes for years, but we could never figure out what his grandmother meant by “sour plums.” When I... (1 reply, last updated by oakjoan September 18, 2006)

Wow, that’s great. Your grandmother is partly responsible for making my Irish Catholic mom into an amazing Jewish cook. (Second only to my great-grandmother according to my Jewish dad—but who can compete with a woman... (11 replies, last updated by butterfly May 29, 2003)

My family is mostly of russian-jewish origin, with one grandmother austrian-jewish. I wonder if that has anything to do with it. Too bad everyone’s pretty much gone now, I have only my grandmother to ask and at 100, she... (29 replies, last updated by rockycat January 18, 2007)

My grandmother used to make a fantastic dish she called Hitchkushes (sp?). It was a potato cabbage dumpling. Has anyone heard of this or have a recipe? (11 replies, last updated by suelyon January 25, 2009)

found anything like it at a Jewish bakery, though my aunt made the same pastry and the recipe apparently came from my great-grandmother, who came from the Ukraine. I think it may have been associated with purim...I remember we... (22 replies, last updated by The Chowhound Team May 5, 2009)

There is a Mimi Sheraton one in the NY Times Jewish Cookbook – it’s taken from one of her cookbooks. I make it substituting boneless skinless chicken thighs for the whole chicken. (3 replies, last updated by sally Krissman November 4, 2007)

Sorry to say, it ain’t gonna happen. See the many posts on this board about the lack of any quality Jewish food in Greater Boston. I have pondered why this is the case in a city with one of the larger Jewish populations in... (16 replies, last updated by Elzoe September 11, 2002)

grandmother who kept a very strict kosher home would be emphatic about ordering spare ribs at King Yum on Union Turnpike in Hollis Hills. I think this has to do with the fact that back in the old neighborhood, aside from... (8 replies, last updated by juny1dog September 18, 2002)

Forgive me if this has been discussed recently— but I couldn’t find it. Native New Yorker visiting next week with my boyfriend and daughter, who definitely want exposure to New York (need I say, Jewish) Deli. Cranky... (22 replies, last updated by taboo November 14, 2009)

Sadie Babitch’s (and many other grandmother's) Brisket: Place 1/2 thinly-sliced onion on a big piece of foil. Top with brisket that has been rubbed with contents of 1 envelope Lipton’s onion soup mix and 1/2 t pepper.... (5 replies, last updated by drewb123 September 3, 2008)

See my just-posted reply to your bagels posting for more on Jewish food in Marin... (7 replies, last updated by rworange October 16, 2006)