Category: Noshin’

“Feed Me Bubbe”: Reading So Good You Can Almost Taste It!

“Feed Me Bubbe”: Reading So Good You Can Almost Taste It!

As my own mother used to say, “If you can read, you can cook.” With Feed Me Bubbe, this is certainly the case.

Latkes to the Next Level: A Trick From Down South

Latkes to the Next Level: A Trick From Down South

This delicious variation on the traditional way to serve potato latkes. By adding carmelized onions, sauted apples and goat cheese we turn the mundane into mouthwatering!

David Weinstein, co-owner of Rye Deli, and I, outside my new neighborhood bar.

Rye: My Kind of Neighborhood Bar

Everyone needs a neighborhood bar. For me, that place is going to be Rye Deli, the brand new Jewish-style deli, restaurant and bar that just opened up on the corner of Hennepin and Franklin in Minneapolis.

Black & White cookie

The Jewish Deli Returns: Part II, Another Taste of Rye Deli

TC Jewfolk’s food savant returns to Rye Deli to sample more menu items.

The Jewish Deli Returns: Part I, Tastes of “Rye Deli”

The Jewish Deli Returns: Part I, Tastes of “Rye Deli”

A deprived Jew from New York wets his pants in excitement over the new deli in town one day after it opens its doors.

Finally, the Twin Cities’ first “Jewish” Deli?

Finally, the Twin Cities’ first “Jewish” Deli?

Okay, Rye, the new deli opening November 14 at 1930 Hennepin Ave. won’t really be the Twin Cities’ first Jewish deli. But unless I am mistaken, it will be the first deli to actually use the J-word. As in Jewish.

The lowly cut, raised to new heights

“The Brisket Book”: Everything You’re Not Sure You Wanted to Know About Brisket and More

Stephanie Pierson doesn’t just love brisket. As Woody Allen would say she lrrrrrrvs it.

The Mandell boys and some curds

Jew-On-A-Stick: Next Year in Falcon Heights

TCJewFolk’s unofficial Minnesota State Fair guru sums up his 2011 adventures.

Noshin’: Jew On A Stick – 2011 Version

Noshin’: Jew On A Stick – 2011 Version

TC Jewfolk’s resident Jew On A Stick waxes poetic about the Great Minnesota Get Together.

The Spread-A-Pa-Looza

Chopped Liver Spread-a-Pa-Looza

Two hungry Jews set out to find the most authentic chopped liver in the Twin Cities.

If This is Kosher…

If This is Kosher…

I saw an article about the Dutch Parliament trying to forbid kosher slaughter – a practice deeply ingrained in Jewish tradition – and I found myself siding with the Parliament.

Noshin’ Bites: The Liver Spread-A-Palooza is Coming!

Noshin’ Bites: The Liver Spread-A-Palooza is Coming!

Chopped Liver Spread-A-Palooza 2011, the world’s biggest matzah and another chance for glory in a kosher recipe contest? You betcha it’s all inside this edition of Noshin’ Bites!

And You Thought Milk Was Expensive…

And You Thought Milk Was Expensive…

The U.S. consumer is no stranger to rising food costs. But would *you* join a boycott to drive down the price of cottage cheese? Israeli shoppers did just that, as The Jewish Daily Forward reports.

My Grandma, a Whitefish, and Me

My Grandma, a Whitefish, and Me

A Lake Superior whitefish, smoked in Duluth, and eaten in Minnetonka reminds me of grandma’s house in Queens.

Aunt Leah’s Candied Sweet Potatoes

Aunt Leah’s Candied Sweet Potatoes

In my relentless quest to get you folks back in the kitchen I submit for your approval my Aunt Leah’s Candied Sweet Potatoes.