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The pancake is an ancient, primal delicacy that has traversed the globe and inserted itself into many a culture, from Danish to Roman to Jewish. When we speak of Jewish pancakes, as we are compelled to on this National Pancake Day of wonders, we speak of latkes, that iconic Ashkenazi innovation. Latkes are potato pancakes,…
Last year, while on my annual pre-Passover food shopping pilgrimage, I noticed something startling (aside from the crazy holiday markups): Everything was . Well, not quite everything, but I found gluten-free matzo and matzo meal, cake mixes and soup mixes, crackers and croutons, pasta and Panko flakes. The words seemed to jump off of every…
Photograph by Liza Schoenfein The flu came on so suddenly, I didn’t have time to make my own chicken soup. Thankfully, Zabar’s is right around the corner from the pediatrician, where my husband, Mark, and I both accompanied the ailing 11-year-old, all 104 degrees of him. A quick march to the back of the store…
A happy Hanukkah mistake becomes a delicious breakfast. Photograph by Yishai Margulies In preparation for Hanukkah, I had my heart set on creating the ultimate gluten-free and vegan sufganiyot — doughnut holes digestible to all. And, after a total of three fruitless hours waiting for my dough to rise, I should have given up. I…
If the recipes of my life were bound into a book, surely the page for my dad’s ricotta pancakes would be the most well loved — splattered with old batter and lightly dusted in flour. It’s the recipe I reach for when I miss my childhood home or when I’m entertaining friends for brunch and…
Judy Kempler and Pnina Jacobson’s cookbook, “One Egg Is A Fortune,” is now available. Their blog posts are being featured on The Arty Semite courtesy of the Jewish Book Council and My Jewish Learning’s Author Blog Series. For more information on the series, please visit: One Egg Is A Fortune is a collection of recipes…
It’s Saturday morning. OK, let’s be honest, it’s probably already early afternoon. My husband and I drag ourselves out of bed and head straight for the kitchen. It’s our Shabbat ritual — we wake up, spend hours preparing dish after dish and then sit down to a leisurely, luxurious lunch. Eggs of some sort, lots…
Curried Sweet Potato Latke from Joan Nathan’s Jewish Cooking in America 1 lb sweet potatoes, peeled ½ cup all-purpose flour 2 tsp. sugar 1 tsp. brown sugar 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp cayenne pepper 2 tsp curry powder 1 tsp cumin Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 2 large eggs, beaten ½ cup…
