In EuropeThings to Do in Sighet for Jewish Heritage Travel and MoreA crowd gathered and took their seats in the courtyard of the Elie Wiesel Memorial House. Postcards with historical images of Jewish Sighet and…Continue Reading →
In EuropeOvernight Train from Sighet to BucharestThe overnight train from Sighet to Bucharest isn’t the fastest way to cross the country. But for me, the 15 hours on the train…Continue Reading →
In FoodLentil Potato Soup Recipe for Soup BeginnersA lentil soup is the perfect beginner’s soup. For reasons that seem silly to me now, making soup was initially an intimidating task. There…Continue Reading →
In Europe/ FoodThings to do in Gdansk, Poland for Eaters and Beach BumsPoland in and of itself is a country that I think gets unfairly overlooked by travelers. But if you want that quintessential European aesthetic…Continue Reading →
In FoodStuffed Eggplant Recipe: Turkish Imam Bayildi and Greek PapoutsakiI first came across this dish flipping through Yasmin Khan’s “Ripe Figs.” In it, she has a recipe for Imam Bayildi––or “the imam fainted”…Continue Reading →
In FoodKasha Varnishkes Recipe: Easy Jewish Home CookingKasha varnishkes was one of the first dishes I started cooking regularly. I call it the cacio e pepe of Ashkenazi cuisine. It’s a…Continue Reading →
In FoodChallah Recipe with White Whole Wheat Flour and Baking TipsAre you even a Jewish home cook if you don’t have a publicly available challah recipe? I’m not going to sit here and pretend…Continue Reading →
In Europe/ FoodBelgrade – Food, History, and Bumper CarsYou learn quickly that history and how it’s told is an especially sensitive matter in the Balkans. It reminded me of traveling in places…Continue Reading →
