stuffed cabbage – Not Eating Out in New York

22 Jan 2019

Sticky Rice Stuffed Cabbage

by Cathy Erway | posted in: gluten-free, Grains, Recipes | 11

Food tucked inside individual portion-sized packages—it’s a formula that has served many favorite dishes of mine. From dumplings to tamales, these dishes are often clever ways to stretch or use up scraps and leftovers. Because yesterday’s stale starches and bits of proteins are much more charming dressed up in a wrapper. This dish is a cross between the minced mushroom and meat-laden Chinese sticky rice that I grew up with and stuffed cabbage, a homestyle European dish that I would … Read More

17 Jan 2011

Stuffed Cabbage with Cranberries & Pecans

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 8

This dish is simply addictive. To make. Since giving it a vegetarian spin with mushrooms and breadcrumbs a few years ago, I’ve put all sorts of things in stuffed cabbage: spicy chorizo, roast chicken, rice and beans, and mixtures that might form a veggie patty if fried. I can see why rolling things up in large leaves has struck people from all parts of the globe as ideal: it’s a great treatment for any leftover food.

1 Oct 2009

Summer Borscht

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Events, gluten-free, NYC Events, Recipes, Soups & Stews, vegetarian, Video | 6

Okay, it’s not summer anymore, and Indian summer has not yet arrived. Instead, this is about the time of year people start taking flu shots, and sweaters and scarfs out from hibernation boxes and changing their sheets to flannel. I do all these things minus the flu shots. But I do have a good way to boost the immune — fresh veggies and bloody, bloody, antioxidant-rich beets. To keep that blood pumping.

7 Apr 2008

Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage

by Cathy Erway | posted in: Grains, Recipes, vegan, vegetarian | 37

This is the kind of comfort food that I’m talking about when I talk about comfort food — hearty, uncomplicated, slow-cooked and pleasantly easy on your tastebuds. Only I’m not talking about any comfort food from my own sensory memory. This one belongs to Arthur Schwartz, as told in his new cookbook, Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited.