Believe it or not Stuffed Cabbage


After my last post, I didn’t believe that I’d be making stuffed cabbage  this Sukkos which made me maudlin. After all women in my family, probably in lots of families have been stuffing them for years, even centuries, I’m sure for a perfectly good reason, though no one seems to remember what that reason is. Ididn’t want to … Continue reading »

For Succos: Unstuffed Cabbage


When I sat down to write about stuffed cabbage I imagined the paean I’d compose to this East European Jewish classic.  First I would explain the deep mystical meaning behind this delicacy alternatively known as holopches, galupches, tutued kaposta or  kruv memuleh depending on where in the Ashkenazi Jewish world one traces one’s roots. After … Continue reading »