The Deli Dish

  • Two Terrific ¡El Meteoro! Sauces

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Good Food Award winners from the Meteor Café in Austin In 2009, the year of our first formally written vision that described our community of … Continued

  • The Best Oatmeal Raisin Cookies Around

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Big O cookies from the Bakehouse Earlier this year, my friend Melissa Clark wrote in the New York Times, It may come as a shock to … Continued

  • Flourless Chocolate Orange Passover Torte

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews The classic Zingerman’s dessert for the holiday or any day This terrific dark chocolate torte has been part of our Passover offerings in the ZCoB … Continued

  • Consider the Matzo Ball

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A prerequisite at many American Ashkenazi Passover meals For many Americans, April is the start of baseball season. For many American Jews, it’s also the … Continued

  • Lemon Sponge Cake at the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Light, delicious, and made without wheat Over the course of the coming eight days of Passover, the Bakehouse’s lovely Lemon Sponge Cake will be gracing … Continued

  • Goat Cream Cheese from the Creamery

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Mellow, marvelous, and magically delicious The Goat Cream Cheese from the Creamery has long been a staple at our house. While it’s not technically “cream … Continued

  • Patience Gray’s Preferred Breakfast

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Fresh ricotta, plum jam, and Paesano bread Patience Gray said, “The best food writing should inspire you, either to be more adventurous, or more critical, … Continued

  • Outstanding Oregano From Greece

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A taste of the Taygetus Mountains to magically take your cooking up a couple notches The word Oregano comes from the Greek oros meaning “mountain,” and ganos, meaning … Continued