Growing up in an Ashkenazi Jewish American household in the Midwest during the ’80s and ’90s, my earliest Passover memories are not of the story of Exodus but the reality of gefilte fish. It was matzo ...

An undated photo of homemade gefilte fish, simmered in a vegetable court-bouillon, March 20, 2016. It’s worth making the real thing at home, which bears little resemblance to the stuff sold in jars.

The two cornerstone dishes that firmly define Passover and its traditions at many seders are gefilte fish and matzah ball soup. “Gefilte” means “filled” in Yiddish; the chopped fish was served in the ...

When she was a child, she remembers the carp swimming in the bathtub – that’s where fresh fish lived before it was time to cook them – and having homemade gefilte fish for Shabbat every week. “I have ...

Gefilte fish can be made from fresh fish or frozen fillets. It's sold in jars at the supermarket. Turns out, there's one more version. It might... This story was first published April 17,2019, and has ...

For lots of Jews under 30, gefilte fish can be summed up thusly: funny, sure. Edible, not so much. We have taunted it with songs, jokes and kitschy T-shirts that sport images of Manischewitz jars and ...

(JTA) — This article originally appeared on The Nosher, 70 Faces Media’s Jewish food site. Some see gefilte fish as a delicacy, others as something too disgusting to contemplate. Either way, it would ...

If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Rebecca Flint Marx is the former editor of Eater at Home. Her areas of expertise include home cooking and ...