Knish

Restaurants, markets, pizzerias, sushi, butchers, a magnificent temple to eating called the Knish Nosh, and at least one bakery: the Jay Dee, as a circa-1950s sign about five feet high and the biggest thing on the storefront proclaimed proudly.

Jay Dee, the Passover Palace Brooks of Sheffield 2006

Restaurants, markets, pizzerias, sushi, butchers, a magnificent temple to eating called the Knish Nosh, and at least one bakery: the Jay Dee, as a circa-1950s sign about five feet high and the biggest thing on the storefront proclaimed proudly.

Archive 2006-04-01 Brooks of Sheffield 2006

Liz Goldwyn: Britney's "Knish" & The Lost Art of Flashing

Liz Goldwyn: Britney's "Knish" & The Lost Art of Flashing 2008

When is the last time you saw a Crispy Fingerling Potato Knish $17 on an appetizer menu?

Jay Weston: Vibrato -- Cool Jazz and Hot Food... or Vice Versa Jay Weston 2011

When is the last time you saw a Crispy Fingerling Potato Knish $17 on an appetizer menu?

Jay Weston: Vibrato -- Cool Jazz and Hot Food... or Vice Versa Jay Weston 2011

Since 1910, Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery has been cranking out knishes and blintzes for tourists and New Yorkers.

Knishes Since 1910 2010

Since 1910, Yonah Schimmel Knish Bakery has been cranking out knishes and blintzes for tourists and New Yorkers; Barbra Streisand and Woody Allen are said to be fans.

Old Flavors of the Lower East Side Monica Williams 2010

Suffice to say, the slogan -- "Happiness is a Hot Knish!"

Arn Tellem: Remembering Wernick 2010

And then there was the summer visits to Yonna Schimmel's Knish place in Brighton Beach (with the original on the lower East Side), where the biggest problem was deciding between the beef, potato, or liver hockey pucks of fried food.

Jay Weston: The Atkins "Schmaltz" Diet: Memories of Jewish Food! 2010

Give up your Knish, tamales and handmade perogies?

Dr. Susan Albers: Mindful Eating: A Healthy Take on Traditional Cultural Foods 2010