Dorie Greenspan's Fall-in-the-Air Baked Apples; Double Chocolate ‘War’ Cake; Jersey-Style Eggplant Parm; Baked Crab and Shrimp; Cardamom Pickled Grapes; Chopped Liver Pâté; Herbed Gefilte Fish With Carrot-Citrus Horseradish Relish;
 
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Dorie Greenspan's Fall-in-the-Air Baked Apples
Here, the fruit is filled with a mix of pantry-friendly ingredients and baked until just tender.
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Double Chocolate ‘War’ Cake
This cake gets its name from the ingredients it omits -- butter, milk and eggs -- which were rationed in America during World Wars I and II.
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Jersey-Style Eggplant Parm
This homey, saucy stew dispenses with the usual breading and frying because, as chef Michael Friedman of All-Purpose Pizzeria puts it, breaded eggplant quickly turns soggy.
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Baked Crab and Shrimp
Here, you can approximate a Cajun/Creole etouffee-style seafood dish with a rich-tasting sauce -- all in a single pan.
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Cardamom Pickled Grapes
Fresh grapes take surprisingly well to pickling. Add these sweet-tart orbs to a cheese platter, or you can pulse them in a food processor just to the consistency of a relish.
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Chopped Liver Pâté
“Gefilte Manifesto” co-authors Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern describe this as a food “litmus test of maturity,” meaning they have learned to appreciate it as 32-year-olds.
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Herbed Gefilte Fish With Carrot-Citrus Horseradish Relish
This may change your mind about gefilte fish or open new culinary doors for you.
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