Who Invented the “Toothsome Dainty” — the Knish?
In 1916 the Literary Digest, a popular magazine, reported that on the Lower East Side the newest “most popular viand” of the day was none...
When Knishes Were 5 Cents or When a Penny was Worth Something!
In 1916 when the knish war heated up, when Benny and Solly’s fathers were cutting the knish prices one cent at a time, the penny was...
What's a knish? Part II
I thought I had exhausted all the stories about the historic knish war until yesterday, when I turned up yet another publication, the...
What’s the Plural of Knish?
Back in the day, when the New York Times wrote about the Knish War down on Rivington Street (Jan. 1916) the writer (not identified by...
So, What Exactly is a Knish?
Every once in a while I run into someone who has yet to taste a knish...sad, but true. "What is a knish?" they ask. Are there really...