Potato Salad: The Soul of Vienna — A Jewish Culinary Legacy (Healthy Vegan)
There are some things, dear reader, that simply are. Like the Danube flowing ever eastward, or the persistent charm of a perfectly prepared Wiener Melange—Vienn...
Tag: Jewish heritage
Apricot Dumplings: Mahler’s Melodious “Marillenknödel” — A Dive into the Jewish Heritage of the Beloved Delicacy: VEGAN Potato-Dough (WFPB SOS-free Recipe)
As a proud Jewish Viennese food blogger, I find immense joy in delving into the rich culinary tapestry woven by the ancestors of my people. Among the many delig...
A Personal Journey: Health, Tradition, and the Future of Jewish Viennese Food
I want to share a personal journey with you, one that has deeply impacted both my life and my relationship with this blog. Over the past few years, I encountere...
Viennese Hamantaschen: Melt-in-the-Mouth Jewish Purim Cookie Recipe — The Whole Megillah! (Hamantascherln)
This is an authentic, Old-Vienna recipe for the triangular cookies of the Jewish holiday Purim. Purim is something like a Jewish Mardi Gras. I’m presenting Vien...
Vegetarian Matzo Ball Soup: Vienna’s Ultimate Golden Homemade Roasted Garden Vegetable Broth & The Perfect 91 Matzoh Dumplings (Matzo Kneidlach Soup Recipe)
I confess to a long-standing affection for the matzoball, perhaps for its ease in swallowing whole. The small round form, always fashioned by hand, passed over ...
Gugelhupf Bundt Cake(s): Vienna’s Classic Coffeehouse Pleasures According To Dorie Greenspan – The Jewish Connections (Yom Kippur Recipe)
My favorite cake tin is, doubtless, the celebrated so-called “bundt,” or “Gugelhupf” in Vienna (pronounced “google hoopf”). The Gugelhupf bundt cake is, among o...
Two Old Vienna “Gefilte Fish” Recipes: One Fried & One Poached “Rabbi” Style, Stuffed Back Into Carp Steaks With Its “Kapl,” Red “Chrain” And Jellied “Yoich” (Recipes)
Famed New York Times food critic Mimi Sheraton once wrote that gefilte fish, Yiddish for "stuffed fish"—nowadays served as poached or fried oblong fish patties—...
Vienna’s “Fächertorte”—Jewish Budapest’s “Flódni” Layer Cake in Disguise. (Traditional Recipe)
“FÄCHERTORTE,” says the white-aproned waitress at Vienna's Demel Konditorei (German for pastry shop) from behind the magnificent display case of one of the worl...
Sachertorte, the Jewish Masculine Chocolate Cake from Vienna’s Lost Coffeehouse Past: Sigmund Freud’s Beloved Dessert (Recipe) #FranzSacher #CaféSabarsky #Leschanz #Demel
A love-hate relationship with Vienna is not only characteristic for Wittgenstein's nephew but also for the way Sigmund Freud connected with the city's food and ...
Blooming Jewish Cheesecake with Tablets of the Law Crust: Freud, Moses & a Mel Brooks Joke (Recipe) #EdibleFlowers #Shavuot #Topfentorte
Jews the world over (but famously in New York and Chicago) love cheesecake and all its local variations. Those delicacies include the ricotta-based archetype, p...