I’ve had the good fortune of living near an ocean all of my life, first the Atlantic and now the Pacific. My parents loved the beach, and growing up in the Bronx we spent every weekend on hot crowded buses just to get to Orchard Beach, a beach populated by immigrants and locals. Once we [...]
Posts Tagged ‘The Bronx’
Yemenite Chicken Soup
Posted in Chicken, Shabbat, Soup, tagged Chicken soup, Hawaij, The Bronx, Turmeric, Yemenite Chicken Soup on January 29, 2012 | 8 Comments »
When I was growing up virtually all my parents’ friends were Polish. I don’t remember meeting any Czechs, Russians or Romanians, no less any Sephardic or Mizrahi Jews. My parents were determined to hold on to their language, their food and their customs. They belonged to a Landsmanschaft, a kind of club whose members came [...]
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 »
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 [...]
Plum Galette
Posted in Dessert, tagged Dessert, galette, Italian plums, Pareve, pie, Plums, The Bronx on August 9, 2011 | 12 Comments »
There were days when we just didn’t want to get on the bus to Orchard Beach. We wanted to escape the crowds, the scene, the heat of our apartment, and the people. We would take our transistor radio, a book, a towel, and a reflector, and just like thousands of others teens in New York [...]
Succotash
Posted in Parve (non-dairy), Side Dish, Vegetable, tagged 1960s, Fresh Corn, Kosher, Mexican Squash, Pareve, recipe, Red Peppers, Thanksgiving side dish, The Bronx, Vegetarian on July 21, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Here are some of my memories of the 1960s. Standing on a line that curved around the block as I waited to see West Side Story. Watching American Bandstand on T.V. and then looking on as my sister practiced the dance steps using the refrigerator handle as her dance partner. Seeing the Beatles for the first [...]
Stuffed Peppers
Posted in Chicken, Shabbat, Turkey, Vegetable, tagged Ground Turkey, peppers, Quinoa, Stuffed Peppers, The Bronx on July 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My first home was an apartment on the corner of 183 St. and The Grand Concourse. 2274 Grand Concourse was a brick pre-war building, a walk-up, with two wings and a center courtyard (perfect for playing handball.) The apartment had wonderful architectural features that I was too young to appreciate but which clearly made a [...]
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 [...]
Meatballs (turkey) in Tomato Sauce
Posted in Turkey, tagged Ground Turkey, Italians, Meatballs, recipe, The Bronx, tomato sauce on December 9, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I must confess that there are many things that I love about Christmas. I love the carols, the movies, and the wonderful decorations that announce the arrival of the holiday season. My children had to get used to the fact that after Thanksgiving, my car radio was tuned to the station that played Christmas music, [...]
Turkey Potpie
Posted in Chicken, Turkey, Vegetable, tagged immigrant experience, Kosher, potpie, Puff Pastry, recipe, Thanksgiving leftovers, The Bronx, turkey on November 27, 2010 | 14 Comments »
Thanksgiving is over. In the past three days I have served a total of 41 guests at various times. Now, my husband is on the way to the airport with two of my children who are heading back East, where they live. My future daughter-in-law will be leaving tomorrow and I am already experiencing the [...]
