This is a post from last Thanksgiving but some of you are new to Bamitbach and I wanted to introduce you to my standard dessert for the holiday. I have been in NYC for the last five days and have had many wonderful experiences, meals, and moments. I am thankful that I was able to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Thanksgiving’
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
Posted in Breads, Dessert, Parve (non-dairy), tagged bread, immigrants, Kosher, Pumkin Bread Recipe, pumpkin, recipe, Sweet quick bread, Thanksgiving, The Bronx on November 21, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Oven Baked Sweet Potato Fries
Posted in Breads, Grain, Side Dish, Turkey, tagged Corn Meal, Mushroom Stuffing, Pareve Corn Pone, Sweet Potatoes, Thanksgiving, Yams on November 4, 2011 | 6 Comments »
It all comes down to a few essentials. I don’t think many people are waiting for the roasted Brussel sprouts (even when they are beautifully presented on the stalk) or the cranberry chutney, and some people don’t really like turkey. For me it is the dressing (we don’t stuff), the sweet potatoes and the corn [...]
Pecan Pie
Posted in Dessert, tagged Corn Syrup, Pareve Pecan Pie, Pecan Pie, Thanksgiving on October 30, 2011 | 14 Comments »
It is almost November and that means Thanksgiving is around the corner. My favorite holiday for many reasons: the concept of religious freedom, the story of immigrants arriving in a new land, the traditional American foods that we eat, plus the opportunity to reflect on what we are thankful for. When my children were small [...]
Roasted Sweet Potato Wedges with Black Sesame Seeds
Posted in Side Dish, Vegetable, tagged Houston, Kosher, recipe, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sesame Seeds, Side Dish, Sweet Potatoes, Texas, Thanksgiving, The Bronx on February 4, 2011 | 6 Comments »
When I was growing up, the sense of community among apartment dwellers was clear. The building that I lived in on the Grand Concourse functioned as a vertical village, with neighbors pitching in and helping one another. People watched over each other’s children, helped out with errands, and some even divided their poultry order, as my mother and her closest friend Fanny [...]
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread
Posted in Breads, Dessert, tagged bread, immigrants, Kosher, Pumkin Bread Recipe, pumpkin, recipe, Sweet quick bread, Thanksgiving, The Bronx on November 17, 2010 | 12 Comments »
My sister recalls that I came home from Kindergarten and told my mother that I wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving. At that point my parents and sister would have been living in the United States for about seven years, and were open to the idea of celebrating this “American” holiday. That was the beginning of a [...]
Faux Crab Cakes
Posted in Appetizer, Fish, tagged Faux Crab, fish cakes, Kosher, Kosher Crab, New York, Parve, Thanksgiving, The Bronx on July 29, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The 182-183 Street station of the D train that travelled from The Bronx to Manhattan was directly under the apartment building where I grew up. Going “downtown” was a big deal, not in terms of distance but in almost every other way. You didn’t throw on a pair of jeans and go downtown, you dressed [...]
Mushroom Kugel
Posted in Passover, Side Dish, Vegetable, tagged Kugel, Mushrooms, Pareve (non-dairy), Passover, Thanksgiving on March 16, 2010 | 6 Comments »
My mother would saute mushrooms, onions, celery and carrots and either mix them with challah for her Thanksgiving stuffing or with matzot during Passover. It is a very simple combination but if the onions are caramelized to the perfect stage and the mushrooms are flavorful, you end up with a really good kugel. Manya’s Mushroom Kugel 1 [...]
