Just curious, what do you never eat out because nobody makes it right but you? I never eat meatloaf out. I only like mine. Also, I never get meal salads out (dinner salads, side salads yes) or linguini with white clam sauce. What...

It has the makings of a joke: jewish kid, greek kid and protestant kid live together with little money....what happens? Non stop care packages from family who knew wed starve as the holidays started in September and ran through...

Here in Portland we have a great Jewish Deli, three highly gifted artisan chocolatiers, a dessert place extraordinaire, wood-fired pizzeria, and even a N Carolina biscuit place that all started at our farmers' markets. Farmland...

How about some old school Jewish bakery items while you’re down on the Lower East Side or in the East Village? For the former hood, I recommend just about anything at Gertel’s, on Hester Street, and, in the East...

bivalves, sweet potatoes and Eastern European Jewish food (my heritage). I just count my blessings and save the asparagus binges for when he’s out of town. And I promise you, you’re making food memories with your...

Quiche Lorraine Roast turkey (I seem to be the only one that has mastered this in my extended family) Numerous Italian dishes – this from the my husband’s italian side of the family – mind you, I’m jewish...

usually make it with wild turkey) Ingredients (sorry about amounts…I just use what seems right): Chiles: Chilhuacle (black and red), mulato, pasilla, ancho. Tomatoes Tomatillo Onion Garlic Banana or plantain very ripe Dry egg...

We never had the green bean casserole thing until maybe 2 years ago, when my Mom decided to try it because she didn’t know what veggie to make. This was a surprise—it always seemed too “goyishe” a thing...

on the origins of it. He seemed to think it was some Mexican-Jewish hybrid, when it’s really something developed by an Okinawan-Hawaiian-Angeleno. I could go on, but I’ll stop there.

I’m sad that restaurant wars would go, but that makes sense now that I SWORE I saw a PRIEST and parts of a Jewish wedding. I wasn’t sure if I was reliving parts of a bad joke told me earlier in the day, or if it was...

? Long Beach. Armenian? Glendale and East Hollywood. Arabic and Persian? Westwood and Anaheim. Filipino? Eagle Rock, Panorama City and La Habra. Salvadorean? Pacoima and Van Nuys. Ashkenazi Jewish? Pico/Robertson and Valley...

As a kid, one of my favorites was an open-faced grilled cheese sandwich using muenster on a hearty Jewish rye. The flavor of the cheese changes completely went toasted – or in this case, broiled – and the entire...

1) Corned beef sliced thick on a good (toasted) bakery jewish rye, swiss cheese, coleslaw, mayo on the coleslaw side, spicy Guildens brown mustard on the corned beef side, and a halfsour or garlic pickle along side. And a couple...

a few too many people are stuck on the Brisket request and the fact that great brisket does not exist in Chicago outside of a few Jewish deli’s. But, I never asked for or questioned Chicago style BBQ, its origins, or limited menu...

My Russian/Jewish granmother, legendary for borscht and chicken soup, matzo balls like I’ve never tasted anywhere, and an amazing variety of comfort foods that only a mythic grandmother can make, often made herself a lunch...