Fermented Food Adventures & Recipes
This recipe is named in honor of my nana (another word for grandmother), Sarah, who made a delectable sweet and savory borscht soup with beef shortribs, aka flanken. The use of beef shortribs is an inheritance from her Eastern European & Russian Jewish background, as borscht soup from those countries […]
Although I’ve been at the sourdough game for a while, I only started making challah last year with my son and it has been such a fun journey. (Challah is braided egg bread, popular through much of Eastern Europe and celebrated by Jews who popularized it in the US and […]
There’s something undeniably delightful about the combination of creamy, whipped cream cheese and the rich, smoky flavor of salmon. Whether you’re using homemade or store-bought smoked salmon, this simple yet delicious spread is perfect for bagels, bagel chips and other crackers, and more. This smoked salmon cream cheese spread is […]
This article was adapted from Kenny Friedman’s recipe (which we collaborated on) at the Kosher Epicurian Society website. It’s a wonderful resource for Kosher cooking, dining, reviews, wine, and much more, with recipes and content being added regularly! You can find Kenny on Instagram @kosherwinetastings. Note: This is a “quick […]
This recipe makes use of fermented pickle brine and caraway seeds to give you a classic Eastern European rye bread flavor without the need for sourdough starter. (If you want to make my classic sourdough rye bread recipe, check out my recipe here.) This bread has a wonderful consistency, including […]
What better way to bring together my roots as a Georgia boy raised by two Jewish New Yorkers? Lesser known fact that while the Kosher pickle peddlers of the Lower East Side brought a great variety of pickles to the US, including the iconic Kosher Garlic Dill, the fermented green […]
There may be nothing better for a sandwich than some hearty rye bread with plenty of caraway flavor. This recipe contains all my regular rye bread must-haves: cocoa powder, molasses, caraway and dill seed, but this recipe amps up the flavor even more with garlic powder and black pepper. The […]
Although here in the South people normally identify brisket as a barbecue food, being raised by Jewish Yankees reversed my experience. Growing up I always had that sweet, juicy braised brisket at the holidays. I once stayed at a friend’s house and was told we’d be eating brisket, I assumed […]
Growing up with my New-York born Jewish parents, weekend bagel brunch was a given, and I have such fond memories of us sitting around the table, laughing, my father reading the paper and me reading the Sunday funnies, surrounded by all the classics: bagels, cream cheese, lox or smoked salmon, […]
NOTE: This post gives complete guidance on smoking whole whitefish, but if you can’t find whole raw whitefish in your area or don’t want to spend the money to order it and still want to make your own whitefish salad and whitefish spread (which is superior to buying it pre-made), […]