Jeff Gabel is modernizing Jewish food in Boston through his Kitchen Kibitz pop-up dinners, marrying classics like latkes and pastrami with international flavors.
Come early fall—still late summer in Israel—pomegranates and citrus fruits stud the shuk stalls, and I use the colorful bounty to inspire my Sukkot cooking.
The way I find myself connecting to my great grandmother is through baking, especially her Chocolate Chip Sour Cream Coffee Cake and Apple and Cinnamon Sweet Noodle Kugel.