“Proust had his Madeleine, Jewish New Yorkers had their knishes,” writes Laura Silver in her new book “Knish: In Search of the Jewish Soul Food.” Silver, a food writer and self-proclaimed knish ...

BROOKLINE — A knish is one delightfully simple dish. Take dough, add filling, bake or fry, and you have the ultimate handheld comfort food, sold in many Jewish delicatessens. The little rounds enjoyed ...

A good knish is hard to find — unless you’re at Adelman’s Kosher Deli in Midwood. Mohamed Salem keeps the fading tradition alive at the delicatessen — whose owners were Jewish, then Italian, and now ...

The knish is ready for its comeback. The borough’s knisheries — once as common as bagel stores and pizzerias — have all closed, but Park Sloper Laura Silver thinks that a potato pie renaissance is ...

A world-class knish and all the trimmings at Ben’s Kosher Deli. Photo: Melissa Hom The knish, when you really stop to think about it, is a pretty hilarious food: Eastern European–Jewish in origin (the ...

Creativity is often best when it has constraints. In the case of the current knish crisis, the results are quite tasty. The nationwide knish shortage caused by a September fire at Gabila's Knishes in ...

COPIAGUE, N.Y. – A fire at a factory billed as the world's biggest maker of knishes has created nationwide shock and oy for those who can't seem to find the Jewish treats anywhere. Kvetching has been ...

The history of the knish represents more than just the lineage of a fried, dumpling-like food. It demonstrates the often-central role of food in communities and cultural legacies. Laura Silver knows ...

COPIAGUE, N.Y. — A fire at a factory billed as the world’s biggest maker of knishes has created nationwide shock and oy for those who can’t seem to find the Jewish treats anywhere. Kvetching has been ...