NEW YORK - On the Lower East Side, the name Yonah Schimmel calls to mind one thing: the knish. "A knish is potato, or something mixed with potato, with onions and spices, like salt and pepper, wrapped ...
The word knish (pronounced kuh-nish) might not be in everyone’s vocabulary, but my mother has fond memories of this Jewish comfort food. On the weekends, she would go shopping with my grandmother on ...