Hanukkah is all about the fried stuff. Fritters, pancakes, and pastries are the best known, but just the beginning. Almost anything edible can be fried in oil or animal fat. If it tastes good, Jews somewhere are enjoying it. Even and, depending on where you’re from, especially pickles. Culinary creativity with a frying pan and…
A couple of weeks ago my boyfriend and I enjoyed an amazing night out of some fun avant garde theater and some really yummy food at Conni’s Avant Garde Restaurant (which is having another performance this Monday at Joe’s Pub). What was really quite enjoyable was that the menu was built into the script and…
According to Raymond Sokolov’s book, Why We Eat What We Eat, “Before Columbus, there were no apples in the Americas. Settlers brought seeds and grafts, hoping to recreate their old way of life.” Any American who has ever given a teacher an apple (or seen a movie where such an exchange occurred), uttered the words,…
Recipe from Gourmet, November 1991 / makes 4 cups Ingredients 1 12-ounce bag of cranberries, picked over 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar 1/2 cup raisins 2 pears, peeled and chopped 2 teaspoons freshly grated lemon zest 1/4 cup minced peeled fresh gingerroot 1/2 teaspoon dried hot red pepper flakes 1 cup chopped onion…
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