Tag: New York food
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Black & White Cookies
Makes 5-6 very large cookies The first recipe I ever wrote was for Black and Whites. Away from New York and feeling homesick, this was the food I craved more than anything. It was our first year living in Israel, and I searched far and wide for a Black and White cookie. I finally gave…
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Potato Knish
The original knish was created as a snack food in Eastern Europe—a thin pastry that encased a filling, making it easily transportable. In the Lower East Side of New York at the turn of the 20th century, peddlers would put homemade knishes in their carts and sell them as a quick snack. In 1890, Yonah…