Author Ron Vossler's treasured memories of food, family, and fun

The faces and family images of one German Russian family
Fiegele
Pfeffernuesse Brot
Kranse
Fleischkuchle
Fleischkuchla
Schnitze Supp
Grebbel
Kaeseknoepfla
Knoepfla Supp
Knoepfla Supp
Kuchen
Schachlika
Gurken
Schnapps
Wascht
Strudla
Watermelon Pickles

Profiles of the cooks featured in Schmeckfest

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Kuchen

Kuchen -- that quintessential German Russian pastry -- is a sweet dough crust filled with custard is sometimes served plain or studded with fruit of all kinds. There's prune kuchen and peach, apple and blueberry. There's even an American influence creeping in with chocolate chip. Here, one of our Schmeckfest expert cooks demonstrates the method for testing the doneness of kuchen: shake the pan and if the kuchen filling jiggles instead of sloshes, it's ready to come out.

 

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