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Stories
A handwritten card for chicken of the woods (suggested)
Yes i walked a forest in russia with some friends who were avid foragers
Recorded by Joseph Korson
Stories
A preserved family document
The ATELIER RESTAURANT ВОСТОЧНЫЙ БАЗАР ШЕФ-ПОВАР ПЕРВЫХ ЛИЦ БЛИЖНЕГО ВОСТОКА ДЖОЗЕФ КОРСОН С ЕДИНСТВЕННЫМ УЖИНОМ В РОССИИ I created a menu you that celebrated the flavors of the middle east. I took well known dishes and recreated the experience as gourmet menu. From taking Mallawach a traditional yemin staple and transforming it into a an elegant starter to my interpretation of the traditional Mezze Plate. I also like to draw my dishes to imagine how is like to plate my dishes. This menu took dishes from Morocco, Lebanon, Yemin, Iraq and Israel
Recorded by Joseph Korson
Stories
A handwritten card for brunch plate with fried eggs and fresh salad
I created this picture for a restaurant i consulted on This was on Bethlehem Rd in Jerusalem This breakfast was traditional eating in the kibbutz movement but soon became a staple offering accross israel
Recorded by Joseph Korson
Oral history
I grew up in Torrington Connecticut in a country house in the hills. one
I grew up in Torrington Connecticut in a country house in the hills. one of my fondest memory was going to the general store. The place was like stepping back in time. It even had a penny arcade with old mechanical arcade style games. The candy in this store was the mass produced fare this was old style sweets. My favorite were the watermelon sticks that as you sucked on them the center was a harder candy techture and flavor and of course the new england salt water tafee in all thier chewy glorious flavors.
Recorded by Joseph Korson
Family recipe
A handwritten card for Lamb with prunes
Lamb (Zanab) (1 for 10 people) Ask butcher to cut shoulder into smallish cubes Chop 4 big onions, pinch of parsley, 2 tablespoons turmeric - salt & pepper 4 " powdered cinnamon ½ cup oil (veg) Mix all tog - Place in pot & cook until tender - add 3 or 4 lemons (taste) when nearly done (± 1½ hrs) take some juice from the pot & soak 2 pkts of stewed prunes in the sauce place a little cinnamon & sugar to taste & boil it up for 5 mins Put cooked meat in a dish & pour over sauce with the prunes on top - serve. Chicken (Zanab)
Recorded by Joseph Korson
Stories
Esther’s New York Cheesecake
my mother esthers favorite new york cheesecake recipe she makes it for special occasions. she has been making it since we were kids in connecticut to now in israel but the recipe is new york city born
Recorded by Joseph Korson
Dishes
Chraime
Demonstration record
חריימה, حرايمي
Fish cooked in a brick-red pepper sauce for Friday night, recorded in Maghrebi Jewish kitchens in this archive.
Ghapama
Demonstration record
ղափամա
A whole pumpkin stuffed with rice, dried fruit, and nuts, opened at the new year in the Petrosian kitchen.
Jollof rice
Demonstration record
Tomato-red one-pot rice. In the Okonkwo kitchen of Enugu it is a celebration pot that must not be stirred.
Khachapuri Imeruli
Demonstration record
იმერული ხაჭაპური
A round filled cheese bread of Imereti, baked until the sulguni runs. Recorded here in a Tbilisi family kitchen.
Kubbeh adom
Demonstration record
קובה אדום, كبة حمراء
Iraqi Jewish kubbeh in a beet-red sour soup. Related in technique to kubbeh hamusta, different in its souring and color.
Kubbeh hamusta
Demonstration record
كبة حامضة, קובה חמוסטה
Sour kubbeh soup: bulgur dumplings in a lemon-and-mint broth. In the Haddad kitchen, a little tamarind entered the pot after Aleppo.
People
Adaeze Okonkwo
Demonstration record
Home cook
Cooks celebration jollof in Enugu. Insists the pot is not to be stirred once the rice is in.
Anahit Petrosian
Demonstration record
Home cook
Bakes lavash and stuffs pumpkin for the new year in Yerevan.
Esther
mother
mother. my mother esthers favorite new york cheesecake recipe she makes it for special occasions. she has been making it since we were kids in connecticut to now in israel but the recipe is new york city born
Esther Cohen
Demonstration record
Grandmother, home cook
Cook of the Cohen kitchen. Born in Baghdad, rebuilt a beet-red kubbeh soup in Tel Aviv.
Collections
family
Our Family Kitchen — Haddad
A family archive of the Haddad kitchen: Aleppo, Beirut, Jerusalem. Recipes, testimony, and the card with no title.
community
Culinary Heritage of Georgia
A community collection gathering Georgian records in this archive: bread, walnut sauce, supra tables.
community
The Jewish Kitchens of Morocco
Pastilla, chraime, preserved lemon — recorded here without assigning exclusive ownership of Maghrebi pastry.
place
Food Memories of Jaffa
A place-based collection. Still thin — Jaffa is named more often than it is recorded. A known gap.
theme
Stuffed vessels
Zucchini, pumpkin, dumplings: a technique collection, not a claim of origin.