Tag: frugal foods
Episode 15 – Chopped Liver: Offal, Not Awful
Chopped Liver engenders great passion within Jewish foodies. Love it or hate it, few are indifferent. In this episode I explore its origins, and what differentiates it from its most likely predecessor. I also turn to the entire cagegory of offal dishes — organ meats and other “odd bits” from a slaightered animal — that Jews have eaten around the […]
The German-Jewish Cookbook: From the Bookshelf
I have written previously about the effects of the Holocaust on Jewish cuisine, most prominently in the breaking of the chain of transmission from generation to generation. This resulted in a tremendous amount of cultural knowledge being lost. We do have a few books that can help us learn about pre-war European Jewish food. For example, there is a unique […]
Frugal Food Tips Drawn from the Jewish Kitchen
During the current crisis, many people’s day-to-day food habits have changed significantly. If my Facebook and Instagram feeds are at all representative, there’s been a lot more home cooking, and definitely lots more bread-baking (sourdough or otherwise). But another thing we’re seeing a lot of is people trying to make their food dollars go further. Multiple people this past week […]
