|
Traditional
Jewish cooking has its classics just like any other cuisine. Top
among them are Ashkenazic potato latkes. In this episode Joan goes
into the kitchen of a great chef to find what may be in fact the
ultimate potato pancake and visits a great home cook turned baker
to explore schnecken - the ultimate German-Jewish-American sticky
bun. Daniel Boulud is chef and owner of Restaurant Daniel, Cafe
Boulud and DB and is recognized as the creme de la creme in the
culinary world. His Crique Stephanoise, a vegetable classic, is
a wafer-thin potato pancake cooked in olive oil with nothing to
hold it together but the potato itself. For flavor he throws is
some black olives and chives and serves Joan a hot, crispy latke
like no other . Mark Furstenberg is a businessman/baker who brought
good bread to Washington DC at Bread Line, his bakery and restaurant.
Joan visits him today as he creates schnecken, the delicious sweet
roll which is a traditional Saturday morning treat in German Jewish
homes. As a perfectionist baker, Mark Furstenberg's sweet rolls
are overflowing with nuts, honey, and cinnamon.
|