Matzo chocolate bark is a special Passover treat. Imagine matzo drenched in toffee and chocolate and topped with dried fruits, nuts and pumpkin seeds. My family looks forward to this all year! This is not exactly breaking news but if you cover something, anything, in enough toffee and chocolate, it will taste good. Hence, matzo chocolate ...
How to Render Chicken Fat (Schmaltz)
Schmaltz or rendered chicken fat is a must for traditional Ashkenazi Jewish foods like matzo balls or chopped liver. Learn how to make your own! I have many quirky kitchen habits, but I am about to confess to you one the quirkiest: I collect chicken fat. Whenever I make a whole roast chicken, before I cook the bird, I cut off all the visible ...
Chicken-Stuffed Kreplach
I have extolled the virtues of kreplach, a Jewish meat-filled pasta dumpling usually served in soup, on this site several times before. They are, in fact, one of my favorite traditional Jewish foods not only because they are delicious, but also because they remind me of my grandmother, Hortense Paster, who was a marvelous cook. Grandma made ...