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Honey Cake - 09/02/2010
From Claire Sauerhoff of The Exceptional Brownie, for Rosh Hashanah or any time of year.
Special and traditional sweets for Rosh Hashanah and other Jewish holidays.
Cooking and shopping tips for Passover.
Matzoh hand-made in a dwindling number of Brooklyn bakeries, all under rabbinical supervision for Passover. Put your order in early.
Salmon Gefilte Fish - 03/16/2010
A Passover tradition made with fresh and smoked salmon.
Passover Apple Cake - 03/15/2010
From Claire Sauerhoff and her excellent bakery, The Exceptional Brownie, a cake that looks as good as it tastes.
An exquisitely flavorful and tender honey cake, perfect for Rosh Hashanah or any time of year.
Specialists in smoked fish and a staple on the Upper West Side for more than 50 years.
Merchant Types: Kosher, Specialty
Neighborhood: Upper West Side
Pickles - 04/11/2009
Alan Kaufman of The Pickle Guys on the subject of all things pickled.
From Arthur Schwartz's Jewish Home Cooking.  He solves the mystery of how to make a consistently perfect matzo ball.
Chicken Soup - 04/02/2009
From Soup, A Way of Life, by Barbara Kafka.
From The Exceptional Brownie, a New York-based kosher bakery that won a national competition for "the best darn brownie." This one is for Passover.
The "kosher Whole Foods" -- a 20,000 square foot full-service grocery.
A Glatt Kosher market on the border of Queens.
Merchant Types: Kosher, Market & Grocery
A bakery that specializes in brownies and traditional Jewish pastries and sweets. Sold online and in select NYC markets.
Merchant Types: Bakery, Kosher
Neighborhood: Online
Kosher butcher, fish store and market on the Upper West Side.
Merchant Types: Butcher, Kosher, Market & Grocery, Organic
Neighborhood: Upper West Side
Mark Russ Federman, of Russ & Daughters, with an introduction to smoked and cured fish.
Old fashioned East Side bakery that's been in the neighborhood for 70 years. Loved for their Jewish loaves and traditional sweets.
Merchant Types: Allergen-Free, Bakery, Kosher
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
Big flavor and quick to cook with ingredients from the pantry.
At De Gustibus Cooking School at Macy's, lessons in modern Jewish cooking.
Traditional kosher bakery in Borough Park.
Merchant Types: Allergen-Free, Kosher, Specialty
New ideas, menus and sources for this year's Passover meals.
Arthur Schwartz, author of Jewish Home Cooking, talked with us about the recipes, meaning and nostalgia of cooking for Passover.
In his wonderful new cookbook, Arthur Schwartz brings us favorite Yiddish recipes and the traditions of Eastern European food.
Arthur Schwartz's inspiring and accessible homage to Eastern European Jewish food. With this cookbook you'll make your best ever Passover dinner
Fried potato pancakes as a metaphor for independence and endurance.
A top quality Chelsea bagel shop offering a large variety of chewy bagels, tasty "shmears," and friendly service.
Merchant Type: Bakery
Neighborhood: Chelsea
Manufacturing matzo since 1925 in the same location on Rivington Street on New York's Lower East Side. There's a small shop adjacent to the street-level factory.
Merchant Type: Kosher
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
Plain, authentic and a New York institution since 1910. The best knishes you'll ever have.
Merchant Types: Bakery, Kosher
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
Since 1914, four generations of the Russ family has owned and operated this beloved Lower East Side food store. Famed for smoked fish, they now also sell a full selection of imported products, including Italian olive oil and French cheeses.
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
A loved two-store bagel merchant in Brooklyn. They also sell deli sandwiches, but the crowds mostly come for the freshly baked bagels.
Merchant Type: Bakery
Neighborhood: Park Slope
Specialists in everything pickled. Olives, herring, kraut, peppers and of course, pickles.
Merchant Types: Charcuterie, Kosher, Specialty
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
The fabled New York institution of pickle merchants.
Merchant Types: Charcuterie, Kosher
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
A New York kosher bakery that specializes in bialys and bagels.
Merchant Types: Bakery, Kosher
Neighborhood: Lower East Side
“Tell them Long John sent you” were the innocuous words that sent a college kid to New York to discover a delicatessen classic. By Steve Olderman, a City Cook contributing writer.
It seems like every New York restaurant known for its brunch menu is always so crowded. I think of Sunday mornings as a time for some peace and quiet so why would I want to stand in line for someone else's bagels and lox when I can have the same thing at home? Instead shop for your brunch and you'll have a better day.
A New York institution, Zabar's has evolved from being a deli to a full-service market.
Merchant Types: Cookware, Market & Grocery, Specialty
Neighborhood: Upper West Side
An Upper East Side institution known for old fashioned desserts, birthday cakes, and oh, those brownies.
Merchant Types: Bakery, Kosher
Neighborhood: Upper West Side
A New York institution famed for its smoked fish.
Merchant Type: Specialty
Neighborhood: Upper West Side
Glatt kosher butcher that also sells cheese and breads.
Merchant Types: Butcher, Kosher, Specialty
Neighborhood: Upper West Side
Depending which direction the wind is blowing, you can smell onion bagels as you exit the W. 79th Street subway exit. A New York institution and my (and millions of others') choice for best bagel in the city.
Merchant Type: Bakery
Neighborhoods: Midtown, Upper West Side
A Glatt kosher butcher that's located within a kosher restaurant of the same name. Sells prime meats, game, sausages and pates.
Merchant Types: Butcher, Kosher
Neighborhood: Midtown
Specialists in all things brined. This Upper East Side shop is small but full of big, salty flavors. And they deliver.
Merchant Type: Specialty
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
 
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